ⲓⲁⲣⲟ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

The Nile river

Etymology

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

  • (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /jaˈɾoʔ/
  • (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /jaˈɾuʔ/, /jæˈɾuʔ/
  • (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈjaro/

Noun

ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (iaro) m (plural ⲓⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ (iarōou))

  1. (Bohairic) river

Proper noun

ⲫ̀ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (ph̀iaro) m

  1. (Bohairic) the Nile river

References

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