ⲓⲁⲣⲟ

ⲫ̀ⲓⲁⲣⲟ (canonical)
ph̀iaro (romanization)

From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). By surface analysis, ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) + ⲟ (o, “great”).


ⲙⲟⲩⲓ

From Demotic mꜣy (“island”), from Egyptian mꜣwt (“new land (that emerged from the Nile)”), most likely abbreviated from *jw nj mꜣwt, literally “island of newness”. mA-A-w-t:Y1


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)


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)


ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ

cop-noun

ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ • (nēsos) f (plural ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ (nēsos))

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos).


ⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ

head

ⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ • (iordanēs) m

cop-proper noun

ⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ • (iordanēs) m

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן.


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)


ⲓⲟⲙ

→ Arabic: الفَيُّوم (al-fayyūm)

→ English: Fayum

→ English: Fayyumic

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

inh

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


ⲧⲱⲟⲩ

cop-noun

ⲧⲱⲟⲩ • (tōou) m

From Demotic tw (“mountain, desert”), from Egyptian ḏw (“mountain”), Dw:Z1


ⲃⲏⲃ

ⲃⲏⲃ • (bēb) m

From Egyptian b-bA-b-bA-N33 (bꜣbꜣ, “hole”).

inh

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


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.


ϣⲁϥⲉ

cop-noun

ϣⲁϥⲉ • (šafe) m

Possibly from Egyptian xA-f:t:xAst (ḫꜣft, “a kind of land”).

inh

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


ϩⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ

cop-noun

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).


ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ

desctree

→ Arabic: وَاحَة (wāḥa)
→ Persian: واحه
→ Indonesian: wahah
→ Malay: wahah
→ Ottoman Turkish: واحه (vahā)
> Turkish: vaha (inherited)
→ Tatar: ваһа (waha)
→ Uyghur: ۋاھە (wahe)
→ Uzbek: voha

→ Ottoman Turkish: واح

From Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 (wḥꜣt).

inh

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


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)


ⲥⲡⲉⲗⲉⲱⲛ

cop-noun

ⲥⲡⲉⲗⲉⲱⲛ • (speleōn) m

From Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion, “cave”).


ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ

ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ (canonical)
peiero (romanization)

From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“river, Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). By surface analysis, ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) + ⲟ (o, “great”).


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”).


ⲛⲓⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ

From ⲛⲓ- (ni-, plural definite article) + ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ (phaiat, “Lybian”, noun).

compound

(Bohairic) A nome in Egypt, which was situated around Mareotis lake, in a modern Beheira governorate


ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲅⲁⲛⲓⲁ

Possibly from Arabic سَنْغَانَا (sanḡānā).

der

Arabic سَنْغَانَا (sanḡānā)

(Bohairic) Ghana (a region of West Africa) on the shores of the Senegal river.


ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ

head

ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ • (athēnnas)

cop-proper noun

ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ • (athēnnas)


ϯϩⲩⲧⲁⲗⲓⲁ

(Bohairic) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)


ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ

From Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (“Ādurbādagān”).

bor

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


ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ

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


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


ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ

From Demotic brkt, ultimately from a borrowing from Semitic. Compare Arabic بِرْكة (birka).


ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲗⲓⲁ

From Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía, “seacoast”).


ⲱⲕⲉⲁⲛⲟⲥ

cop-noun

ⲱⲕⲉⲁⲛⲟⲥ • (ōkeanos) m

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós, “ocean”).


ⲗⲓⲙⲛⲏ

cop-noun

ⲗⲓⲙⲛⲏ • (limnē) m

From Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “lake”).


ⲭⲣⲟ

(Bohairic) shore (of sea, river), limit (of territory)


ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩ

ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩ • (antōou) m

From Egyptian ꜥn ḏw (“mountainous country”), from ꜥn (“district of”) + ḏw (“mountain”). By surface analysis, ⲁⲛ- (an-) + ⲧⲱⲟⲩ (tōou).

surf

(Bohairic) mountainous country, highland


ⲕⲁⲡϣⲱ

cop-noun

ⲕⲁⲡϣⲱ • (kapšō) m

Abbreviation of ⲟⲩⲥⲱϣⲉ ⲉⲥⲕⲏ ⲉⲡϣⲱ (ousōše eskē epšō, “a field lying on sand”).

abbreviation of

ⲟⲩⲥⲱϣⲉ ⲉⲥⲕⲏ ⲉⲡϣⲱ


ⲑⲟⲗ

A borrowing from Semitic. Compare Arabic تَل (tal).


ⲕⲁⲗⲁⲙⲫⲟ

cop-noun

ⲕⲁⲗⲁⲙⲫⲟ • (kalampho) f (plural ⲕⲁⲗⲁⲙⲫⲱⲟⲩ (kalamphōou))

kalampho (romanization)
ⲕⲁⲗⲁⲙⲫⲱⲟⲩ (plural)

The etymology is unknown. Suspected an Aramaic borrowing, compare גלימתא, גלימה, גלמתא, גלמה (“hill; valley”), of transparent root, but also Arabic كَوْمَة (kawma, “heap”) of unknown origin.


ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ

ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ • (kataraktēs) m

From Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs, “waterfall, cataract”).


ⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ

cop-noun

ⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ • (spēlaion) m

From Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion, “cave”).


ⲕⲁⲧⲁϩⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ

ⲕⲁⲧⲁϩⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ • (katahraktēs) m

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Oxyrhynchite) sluice


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))

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).


ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲛⲓⲛ

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

(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”).


ⲓⲁⲙ

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


ⲕⲏⲙⲓ

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


ⲕⲣⲁ

(Fayyumic) shore (of sea, river), limit (of territory)


ⲛⲉⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ

From ⲛⲉ- (ne-, plural definite article) + ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ (paiet, “Lybian”, noun).

compound

(Fayyumic) A nome in Egypt, which was situated around Mareotis lake, in a modern Beheira governorate


ⲥⲡⲏⲗⲩⲟⲛ

cop-noun

ⲥⲡⲏⲗⲩⲟⲛ • (spēluon) m

bor

Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion, “cave”)


ⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲁ

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

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


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.


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)