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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (“Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis”, literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).
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Egypt
- A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt.
- (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.
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country in North Africa
- Abkhaz: Мысра (Məsrā)
- Adyghe: Мысыр (Məsər)
- Afrikaans: Egipte (af)
- Akkadian: 𒆳𒈬𒀫 (māt muṣur)
- Albanian: Egjipt m, Misr m
- Amharic: ግብፅ (gəbṣ́), ምሥር (məśr)
- Arabic: مِصْر (ar) f (miṣr), مَصْر (ar) f (maṣr)
- Egyptian Arabic: مصر f (maṣr)
- Hijazi Arabic: مَصُر f (maṣur)
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: מצרין (miṣrēn)
- Syriac: ܡܨܪܝܢ (miṣrēn)
- Armenian: Եգիպտոս (hy) (Egiptos)
- Assamese: মিছৰ (misor)
- Asturian: Exiptu (ast) m
- Azerbaijani: Misir (az)
- Bashkir: Мысыр (Mïsïr)
- Bavarian: Egyptn n, Ägyptn n, Ägypten n
- Beja: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: Егі́пет m (Jehípjet)
- Bengali: মিশর (miśôr), মিসর (misôr)
- Breton: Egipt
- Bulgarian: Еги́пет (bg) m (Egípet)
- Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
- Catalan: Egipte (ca) m
- Chechen: Мисар (Misar)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 埃及 (oi1 kap6)
- Hakka: 埃及 (Âi-khi̍p)
- Mandarin: 埃及 (zh) (Āijí)
- Min Dong: 埃及 (Ăi-gĭk)
- Min Nan: 埃及 (Ai-ki̍p)
- Wu: 埃及 (e jiq)
- Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme) (Sahidic), ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi) (Bahairic)
- Cornish: Ejyp m
- Crimean Tatar: Mısır
- Czech: Egypt (cs) m
- Danish: Egypten (da) n, Ægypten (da) n
- Dhivehi: މިޞްރު (mişru)
- Dutch: Egypte (nl)
- Egyptian: (kmt f), (tꜣwj m du)
- Esperanto: Egiptio (eo), Egiptujo (eo)
- Estonian: Egiptus (et)
- Faroese: Egyptaland n
- Finnish: Egypti (fi)
- French: Égypte (fr) f
- Galician: Exipto (gl) m
- Georgian: ეგვიპტე (egviṗṭe)
- German: Ägypten (de) n, Altes Ägypten n (ancient), Altägypten n (ancient)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍅𐍀𐍄𐌿𐍃 m (aigwptus)
- Greek: Αίγυπτος (el) f (Aígyptos)
- Ancient: Αἴγυπτος f (Aíguptos)
- Gujarati: મિસર (misar), ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)
- Hausa: Masar, Misira
- Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
- Hebrew: מִצְרַיִם (he) f (mitsráyim)
- Hindi: मिस्र (hi) f (misra), इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (hi) (ijipt)
- Hungarian: Egyiptom (hu)
- Icelandic: Egyptaland (is) n
- Ido: Egiptia (io)
- Indonesian: Mesir (id)
- Interlingua: Egypto
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: An Éigipt (ga) f, Poblacht Arabach na hÉigipte f
- Italian: Egitto (it) m
- Japanese: エジプト (ja) (Ejiputo) (埃及 (ja) (Ejiputo))
- Kabyle: Maṣer
- Kalenjin: Misri
- Kamba: Misri
- Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (kn) (ījipṭ)
- Kapampangan: Eyiptu
- Kazakh: Мысыр (Mısır), Египет (Egïpet)
- Khmer: អេហ៊្សីប (ʾeeziip)
- Kikuyu: Misri
- Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu)
- Krymchak: Мысыр
- Kumyk: Мисри (Misri)
- Kurdish: Misir (ku), میسر (ku) (mîsr)
- Kyrgyz: Мысыр (Mısır), Эгипет (Egipet)
- Lao: ເອຢິບ (’ē yip)
- Latin: Aegyptus (la) f
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- Latvian: Ēģipte (lv) f
- Lezgi: Мисри (Misri)
- Lithuanian: Egiptas (lt) m
- Luhya: Misri
- Luo: Misri
- Macedonian: Египет (mk) m (Egipet)
- Malagasy: Ejipta (mg)
- Malay: Mesir
- Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ)
- Maltese: l-Eġittu
- Manx: Eajipt f
- Maori: Īhipa
- Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipt)
- Meru: Misri
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (agīptôs), [script needed] (mudrāy)
- Mongolian: Египет (mn) (Jegipet), Мисир (Misir),
- Navajo: Ííjip
- Neapolitan: Naggitto m
- Norman: Êgypte f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Egypt (no)
- Nynorsk: Egypt (nn)
- Novial: please add this translation if you can
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: Єгѷптъ m (Egü̏ptŭ)
- Old English: Ægypt
- Old Norse: Egiptaland n
- Old Persian: 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mudrāya)
- Oriya: ମିଶର (or) (miśôrô), ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭô)
- Ossetian: Мысыр (Mysyr), Египет (Egipet)
- Paiwan: Idjiputu
- Pashto: مصر m (mesr)
- Persian: مصر (fa) (mesr)
- Polish: Egipt (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: Egipto (pt) m (Portugal), Egito (pt) m (Brazil)
- Punjabi: ਮਿਸਰ (misr)
- Quechua: Ihiptu
- Romanian: Egipt (ro) n
- Romansch: Egipta f
- Russian: Еги́пет (ru) m inan (Jegípet)
- Rusyn: Еґі́пет m (Egípet)
- Sanskrit: ईजिप्तदेश (ījiptadeśa)
- Scots: Egyp
- Scottish Gaelic: An Èipheit
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ѐгипат m, Мѝсӣр m
- Roman: Ègipat (sh) m, Mìsīr (sh) m
- Sicilian: Eggittu m
- Sinhalese: ඊජිප්තුව (ījiptuva), මිසරය (misaraya)
- Siwi: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: Egypt (sk) m
- Slovene: Egípt (sl) m
- Somali: Masar
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Egyptojska f
- Spanish: Egipto (es) m
- Sundanese: Mesir
- Swahili: Misri (sw)
- Swedish: Egypten (sv) n
- Tagalog: Ehipto (tl)
- Tajik: Миср (tg) (Misr)
- Tamil: எகிப்து (ta) (ekiptu)
- Tatar: Мисыр (Misır)
- Telugu: ఈజిప్టు (ījipṭu)
- Thai: อียิปต์ (th) (ii-yìp), ไอยคุปต์ (ai-yá-kúp) (literary, ancient Egypt)
- Tibetan: ཨའི་ཅི (a'i ci)
- Turkish: Mısır (tr)
- Turkmen: Müsür
- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm)
- Ukrainian: Єги́пет (uk) m (Jehýpet), Єґи́пет m (Jegýpet)
- Urdu: مصر f (misr)
- Uyghur: مىسىر (misir)
- Uzbek: Misr (uz)
- Vietnamese: Ai Cập (vi) (埃及 (vi))
- Volapük: Lägüptän (vo)
- Võro: Egüptüs
- Welsh: yr Aifft f
- Yakut: Эгиипэт (Egiipet)
- Yiddish: מצרים (mitsrayem), עגיפּטן (egiptn)
- Yoruba: Égípítì
- Zhuang: Aehciz
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See also[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt m
- Egypt
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt
- Egypt
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt
- Egypt
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin Aegyptus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt m (genitive Egypta, Egyptu) declension pattern dub
- Egypt
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References[edit]
- Egypt in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
