ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ

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Coptic

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Carl Wuttke, Early Morning on the Holy Pond in Karnak

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Demotic brkt, ultimately from a borrowing from Semitic. Compare Arabic بِرْكة (birka).

Noun

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ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ (bercōtm or f

  1. (Bohairic) pond

References

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  • Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎[1] (in German), Göttingen, page 40