ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ

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Coptic

Aswan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic swnw.

Proper noun

ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souanf

  1. (Bohairic) Aswan (a city in Egypt)

Descendants

  • Arabic: أَسُوَان (ʔasuwān)
  • Old Nubian: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 352
  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 211