ϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲏⲙ

head

ϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲏⲙ • (hierousalēm) ?

cop-proper noun

ϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲏⲙ • (hierousalēm) ?

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἱερουσαλήμ (Hierousalḗm).


ⲃⲁⲕⲓ

From Demotic bkt (“city”), from Egyptian bꜣkꜣt (“precincts”).


ϯⲕⲁϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ

A hypothetical correction of the attested ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ (tikešrōmi) which is ϯ (ti, feminine definite article) + ⲕⲱϣ (kōš, “break”, verb) + ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi, “man”, noun), lit. "the men breaker". Calque of Arabic القَاهِرَة (al-qāhira, “The Victorious”).


ⲫⲓⲟⲙ

From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian i-i-m:a-mw-N36:N23 (ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">ym</i>

(Bohairic) Crocodilopolis, modern Fayum (a city in Egypt)


ⲅⲁⲍⲁ

From Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʿazzā).


ⲕⲁϫⲱⲧ

cop-noun

ⲕⲁϫⲱⲧ • (kačōt) ?


ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ

head

ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ • (babulōn)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βᾰβῠλών (Babulṓn), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).


ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ

Derived from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis)

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(historical) Heliopolis (a city in Egypt).

ⲫⲩⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲫⲩⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲛ#Coptic

Fatimid Caliphate
Fatimid Caliphate#English

(historical) Synonym of ⲫⲩⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲛ (phustaton), Fustat (the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate).

ⲫⲩⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲛ

ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ#Coptic

Synonym of ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ (khairon), Cairo (the capital of Egypt).


ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ

ϯ (ti, feminine definite article) + ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ (persēs, “Persian”, noun) i.e. "the Persian (fortress)".


ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ

head

ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ • (sapro hbō) ?

cop-proper noun

ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ • (sapro hbō) ?

From ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲱ (saprō, “hamlet”, noun) + ϩⲃⲱ (hbō, “covering, tent”, noun).

compound

Shubra el-Kheima
Shubra el-Kheima#English

(Bohairic) Shubra el-Kheima (a city in Egypt)


ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ

→ Arabic: أَسُوَان (ʔasuwān)

→ Old Nubian: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)

→ Nobiin: Suwān


ⲙⲁⲕⲁ

(Bohairic) Mecca (a city in Saudi Arabia)


ⲃⲁⲕⲧⲁⲛ

(Bohairic) Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)


ⲁⲗⲕⲓⲣⲓⲃⲉⲛ

From Arabic اَلْقَيْرُوَان (al-qayruwān).

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اَلْقَيْرُوَان


ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ

head

ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ • (athēnnas)

cop-proper noun

ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ • (athēnnas)


ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ

→ Arabic: المِنْيا (alminya)

From Coptic ⲙⲟⲛⲏ (monē, “station on the Nile, mansio”) or directly from Ancient Greek μονή (monḗ).


ϯϣⲁⲓⲣⲓ

From Coptic ϣⲁⲓⲣⲓ (šairi, “couch, cohabitation, fold”).

El-Mahalla El-Kubra
El-Mahalla El-Kubra#English

(Bohairic) El-Mahalla El-Kubra (a city in Egypt)


ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲧ

head

ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲧ • (siōout) ?

cop-proper noun

ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲧ • (siōout) ?


ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ

The etymology is unknown. Could be from Demotic ṯntjn.t.


ⲑⲉⲃⲁⲓⲥ

From Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai), from Demotic tꜣ-jpy (“Thebes”, literally “the temple”), from Egyptian jpt (“Luxor”, literally “inner sanctum”).

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(Bohairic, Sahidic) Thebes, a part of modern Luxor (a city in Egypt), Tiba or al-Hifa


ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ

From Arabic القاهرة (“The victorious one”)


ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ

head

ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ • (tikešrōmi) f

cop-proper noun

ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ • (tikešrōmi) f

/təkəʃˈɾoːmə/

Derived either from ϯ (ti, feminine definite article) + ⲕⲱϣ (kōš, “break”, verb) + ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi, “man”, noun), lit. "the men breaker", a calque of Arabic القَاهِرَة (al-qāhira, “The Victorious”) or from Arabic قَصْر الرُوم (qaṣr ar-rūm, “the Roman castle”), another name of Qasr al-Sham which comprises the Old Cairo. First attested in the Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit (ⲫⲏⲉ̅ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲁⲛⲓϫⲱⲓⲧ), the beginning of the 13th cent.

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قَصْر الرُوم

The Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit
...ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲉϥϯⲙⲁϩⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲁ ⲛⲓϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲗⲁⲩⲣⲁ ⲙ̀ⲡⲓⲥⲉⲩⲉⲣϫⲓⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ.
...ethbe če ne oureftimahi pe na nihiomi ebolxen thlaura m̀piseuerčis xen tikešrōmi.

...for he was a flax merchant to the women from the avenue of Abu Jirjis in (Old) Cairo...


ⲡⲁⲡⲉ

From ⲡ- (p-) + Demotic jpt (“inner sanctum of a temple”), having become masculine in Coptic times. The form without article ⲁⲡⲉ (ape) is the earlier usage. Compare Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai) and Ancient Greek Ωφις (Ōphis, “Aba al-Waqf, a village in Middle Egypt”).


ⲣⲱⲙⲏ

head

ⲣⲱⲙⲏ • (rōmē)

cop-proper noun

ⲣⲱⲙⲏ • (rōmē)

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


ⲫⲓⲁⲙ

(Fayyumic) Crocodilopolis, modern Fayum (a city in Egypt)


ⲡϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ

head

ⲡϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ • (pšomt nkastron) f

cop-proper noun

ⲡϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ • (pšomt nkastron) f

From ϣⲟⲙⲧ (šomt, “three”) + ⲛ (n, “of”) + ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron, “fortess”).


ⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ

From Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /Ṣur/, “rock”) (), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built.

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) Tyre, a city in Lebanon.