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Chinese
Etymology
Likely borrowed from English Egypt. Attested as early as 1853.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
埃及
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
我耶和華爾之上帝導爾出埃及脫汝於賤役者余而外不可別有上帝 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
我耶和华尔之上帝导尔出埃及脱汝于贱役者余而外不可别有上帝 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: 1853, 援辨上蒼主宰稱謂說 , in 《遐邇貫珍》 , volume 1, issue 4, page 11
- Wǒ Yēhéhuá ěr zhī Shàngdì dǎo ěr chū Āijí tuō rǔ yú jiànyì zhě yú érwài bùkě bié yǒu shàngdì
- I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
我還活時要稱頌祢 因祢領我出埃及地 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
我还活时要称颂祢 因祢领我出埃及地 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- From: 2018, 朱肇階 , 建殿者的呼聲
- ngo5 waan4 wut6 si4 jiu3 cing1 zung6 nei5, jan1 nei5 ling5 ngo5 ceot1 aai1 kap6 dei6
- I must praise You while I am still living because You led me out of the land of Egypt
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
Ateji (当て字), from Chinese 埃及 (Āijí).
Proper noun
埃及 • (Ejiputo)
- Obsolete spelling of エジプト.
Korean
Proper noun
埃及 • (Aegeup) (hangeul 애급)
- hanja form? of 애급 (“Egypt”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
埃及
- chữ Hán form of Ai Cập (“Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)”).