ⲭⲏⲙⲓ

From Demotic kmj, from Egyptian kmt. Compare Coptic ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame, “black; black color”). km-m-t:O49

cog

(Bohairic) Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


ⲕⲏⲙⲉ

head

ⲕⲏⲙⲉ • (kēme) m

cop-proper noun

ⲕⲏⲙⲉ • (kēme) m

From Demotic kmj, from Egyptian kmt, km-m-t:O49

(Sahidic) Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría).

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

(historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria)

(historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE)


ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ

From Demotic  (wynn), a metathesized borrowing from the Imperial Aramaic gentilic plural 𐡉𐡅𐡍𐡉𐡍 (ywnyn /*yawnāyīn/, “Greeks”), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων (Iā́wōn, “Ionian”). Compare Jewish Literary Aramaic יַוְנָאִין (yawnāʾīn, “Greeks”).

cog

(Bohairic) a Hellenist, especially a Hellenized Jew.


ϩⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ

cop-noun

ϩⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ • (hellēn) m (plural ϩⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ (hellēn))

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).


ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ

ⲡⲓϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ (canonical)
pihentou (romanization)

From Demotic hntw, from Egyptian hndwꜣy. Compare Persian هند (hend), Hebrew הודו (hoddū), Aramaic ܗܢܕܘ (hendu).

(chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)


ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ

head

ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ • (iēliopon) ?

cop-proper noun

ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ • (iēliopon) ?

From Arabic اَلْيَابَان (al-yābān, “Japan”).


ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ

head

ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ • (amitōn) ?

cop-proper noun

ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ • (amitōn) ?

The etymology is unknown. Could be derived from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos, “Mede”) or its Coptic variant ⲁⲙⲁⲇⲁ (amada) in Gen. 10:2. Compare ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲉⲛ (ammiten, “Amida, a town in Eastern Anatolia, modern Diyarbakır”) and ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ (ammiton, “Nicomedia”).


ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ

head

ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ • (athēnnas)

cop-proper noun

ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ • (athēnnas)


ϯϩⲩⲧⲁⲗⲓⲁ

(Bohairic) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)


ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ

head

ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ • (pisraēl) m

cop-proper noun

ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ • (pisraēl) m

(Bohairic) Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ

From Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (“Ādurbādagān”).

bor

(Akhmimic) Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ

ⲧ (t, feminine definite article) + ϩⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (hentikē, noun) from Demotic ꜥntsyke or directly from Ancient Greek Ἰνδῐκή (Indĭkḗ).


ⲑⲁⲣⲙⲉⲛⲓⲁ

ⲧ (t, feminine definite article) + ϩⲁⲣⲙⲉⲛⲓⲁ (harmenia, proper noun) from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía).


ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ

head

ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ • (kōnstantinos) m

cop-proper noun

ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ • (kōnstantinos) m

From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντῖνος (Kōnstantînos). From Latin Cōnstantīnus.

der

Κωνσταντῖνος


ⲣⲱⲙⲏ

head

ⲣⲱⲙⲏ • (rōmē)

cop-proper noun

ⲣⲱⲙⲏ • (rōmē)

From Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē), from Latin Rōma.


ⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ

cop-noun

ⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ • (ellēn) m (plural ⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ (ellēn))


ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲛⲓⲛ

(Sahidic) a Hellenist, especially a Hellenized Jew.


ϩⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ

ⲑⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ (canonical)
thellas (romanization)


ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ

The etymology is unknown. Could be derived from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos, “Mede”) or it's Coptic variant ⲁⲙⲁⲇⲁ (amada) in Gen. 10:2. Compare ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲉⲛ (ammiten, “Amida, a town in Eastern Anatolia, modern Diyarbakır”) and ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ (ammiton, “Nicomedia”).


ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲗⲱⲛ

head

ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲗⲱⲛ • (askalōn) ?

cop-proper noun

ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲗⲱⲛ • (askalōn) ?

From Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn), from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).

(Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic) Ashkelon, a city in Israel.


ⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲁ

From Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Gălīlaíā), from Biblical Hebrew גָּלִיל (galíl).

(Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic) Galilee, a region in Israel.


ⲡⲥⲗ

head

ⲡⲥ̅ⲗ̅ • (ps̅l̅) m

cop-proper noun

ⲡⲥ̅ⲗ̅ • (ps̅l̅) m


Ⲣⲱⲥⲓⲁ

head

Ⲣⲱⲥⲓⲁ • (Rōsia) f

cop-proper noun

Ⲣⲱⲥⲓⲁ • (Rōsia) f

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ρωσία (Rōsía), from Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ), perhaps from Finnish Ruotsi.

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)