ⲑⲉⲃⲁⲓⲥ

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Coptic

The Karnak Temple in Thebes

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

ⲑⲉⲃⲁⲓⲥ • (thebais) f

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) Thebaid (a region of Egypt)
  2. (Bohairic, Sahidic) Thebes, a part of modern Luxor (a city in Egypt), Tiba or al-Hifa

References

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