Αἴγυπτος
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See also Αίγυπτος
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Ancient Greek [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Mycenaean Greek *Aiguptos (nb. 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo) *Aiguptiyós 'Egyptian') (perhaps via Minoan), from Middle Egyptian ḥwt k3 ptḥ (literally, 'The temple of the ka of Ptah', referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /a͜ɪ́ɡyptos/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛ́ːɣyptos/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /éɣyptos/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /éʝyftos/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /éʝiftos/
Proper noun [edit]
Αἴγυπτος (genitive Αἰγύπτου) f, second declension; (Aiguptos)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
This list only includes forms of the name derived from Αἴγυπτος. It does not include other common forms derived from Semitic MṢR, including Mizraim or Misr.
- Afrikaans: Egipte
- Albanian: Egjipti
- Alemannic German: Ägypten
- Amharic: ግብፅ
- Aragonese: Echipto
- Armenian: Եգիպտոս (Egiptos)
- Asturian: Exiptu
- Basque: Egipto
- Belarusian: Егіпет (Jegipiet), Эгіпет (Egipiet)
- Breton: Egipt
- Bulgarian: Египет (Egipet)
- Catalan: Egipte
- Cornish: Ejyp
- Czech: Egypt
- Danish: Ægypten
- Dutch: Egypte
- English: Egypt
- Estonian: Egipten
- Finnish: Egypti
- French: Égypte
- Friulian: Egjit
- Galician: Exipto
- Georgian: ეგვიპტე (Egvip't'e)
- German: Ägypten
- Greek: Αίγυπτος (Aígyptos)
- Haitian Creole: Ejip
- Hungarian: Egyiptom
- Icelandic: Egyptaland
- Irish: Éigipt
- Italian: Egitto
- Japanese: エジプト (Ejiputo)
- Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu)
- Latin: Aegyptus
- Latvian: Ēģipte
- Ligurian: Egitto
- Limburgish: Egypte
- Lingala: Ejipte
- Lithuanian: Egiptas
- Low German: Egypte, Ägypten
- Luxembourgish: Egypten
- Macedonian: Египет (Egipet)
- Malagasy: Egypta
- Manx: Eajipt
- Neapolitan: Naggitto
- Norman: Êgypte
- Northern Sami: Egypta
- Norwegian: Egypt
- Occitan: Egipte
- Piedmontese: Egit
- Polish: Egipt
- Portuguese: Egipto
- Romanian: Egipt
- Russian: Египет (Egipet)
- Scottish Gaelic: Eiphit
- Serbo-Croatian: Египат, Egipat
- Sicilian: Eggittu
- Slovak: Egypt
- Slovene: Egipt
- Spanish: Egipto
- Swedish: Egypten
- Tagalog: Ehipto
- Ukrainian: Єгипет (Jehypet)
- Vietnamese: Ai Cập
- Welsh: Aifft
- West Frisian: Egypte