Αἴγυπτος
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- (masculine) Nile River
- (masculine) King Aegyptus
- (feminine) Egypt
Etymology
Derived from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (The temple of the l, en, ka of Ptah, temple of the ka of Ptah, The Temple of the ka of Ptah, the temple of Ptah in Memphis, ka of l, the temple of the ka of Ptah, Egypt, Memphis).
Origin
Egyptian
ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
Gloss
The temple of the l, en, ka of Ptah, temple of the ka of Ptah, The Temple of the ka of Ptah, the temple of Ptah in Memphis, ka of l, the temple of the ka of Ptah, Egypt, Memphis
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aegyptus English
- Aegyptus Latin
- aegyptius Latin
- Ægyptus Latin
- Koptisch German
- Ägypten German
- Ägyptologie German
- Egyiptom Hungarian
- Egitto Italian
- Copte French
- copte French
- gitan French
- Egipto Spanish, Castilian
- agitanar Spanish, Castilian
- gitanamente Spanish, Castilian
- gitanear Spanish, Castilian
- gitano Spanish, Castilian
- Αἰγύπτιος Ancient Greek
- Egypte Old English
- Egiptaland Old Norse
- egipto Esperanto
- ไอยคุปต์ Thai
- Αίγυπτος Greek (modern)
- Egypten Middle Dutch
- Ēģipte Latvian
- Égept Old Irish
- Egypte Middle French
- Egipto Old Portuguese
- kꜣ Egyptian
- ptḥ Egyptian
- ḥwt Egyptian
- ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ Egyptian
- Egypt Slovak
- Егѵпетъ Old East Slavic
- ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ Coptic
- Γύφτος gkm
- *ėɣɨft Proto-Brythonic
- قُفْط Egyptian Arabic
- 𐎈𐎖𐎋𐎔𐎚 Ugaritic
- *Aiguptos Mycenaean Greek
- *aikupitos Mycenaean Greek