ⲓⲁⲣⲟ
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Coptic
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Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /jaˈɾoʔ/
- (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /jaˈɾuʔ/, /jæˈɾuʔ/
- (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈjaro/
Noun
[edit]ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (iaro) m (plural ⲓⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ (iarōou))
Proper noun
[edit]ⲫ̀ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (ph̀iaro) m
References
[edit]- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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