ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ

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Coptic

A village in Lower Egypt

Alternative forms

ϫⲉⲡⲣⲟ (čepro) — Bohairic, Sahidic
ϭⲱⲡⲣⲟ (cōpro) — Sahidic
ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ (čebro) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Aramaic כַּפְרָא (kap̄rā, “village”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Classical Coptic) IPA^(key): /kʲəˈpʰroː/
(Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈpʰroː/
(Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈbroː/

Noun

ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ • (čephro) f

(Bohairic) farm
(Bohairic) small village, hamlet

Synonyms

ⲉⲡⲟⲓⲕⲓⲟⲛ (epoikion)

Derived terms

ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ (sapro hbō, “Shubra el-Kheima”)
ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲑⲏⲛⲓ (čebro nathēni, “Shubra Tana”)
ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲥⲓⲛⲉ (čebro menesine, “Shubra Wasim”)
ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ϧⲏⲧ (čephro xēt, “Shubra Khit”)
ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ⲣⲏⲥ (čephro rēs, “Shubra Ris”)
ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (čephro ement, “Shubramant”)

Descendants

→ Arabic: شُبْرَا (šubrā)
→ Ancient Greek: σαπρο (sapro)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
Carsten Peust. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten, Göttingen 2010.

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