ⲃⲉⲣϭⲟⲟⲩⲧ

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Coptic[edit]

Carl Wuttke, Early Morning on the Holy Pond in Karnak

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ⲃⲉⲣϭⲟⲟⲩⲧ (bercooutm or f

  1. (Sahidic) pond

References[edit]

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