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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 (literally, 'The temple of the ka of Ptah', referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis), 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)
- Azerbaijani: Misir (az)
- Bashkir: Мысыр (Mïsïr)
- Bavarian: Ägyptn
- Beja: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: Егі́пет m (Jehípjet)
- Bengali: মিশর (miśôr), মিসর (misôr)
- Breton: Egipt
- Bulgarian: Еги́пет (bg) (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), Ægypten (da)
- 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
- 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)
- Kyrgyz: Мысыр (Mısır), Эгипет (Egipet)
- Lao: ເອຢິບ (’ē yip)
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- Latin: Aegyptus (la) m
- 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), (please verify) Мисир (Misir),
- Navajo: Ííjip
- Neapolitan: Naggitto m
- Norman: Êgypte f
- Norwegian: Egypt (no)
- 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 (misar)
- Quechua: Ihiptu
- Romanian: Egipt (ro) n
- Romansch: Egipta f
- Russian: Еги́пет (ru) m (Jegípet)
- Rusyn: Еґі́пет m (Egípet)
- Sanskrit: ईजिप्तदेश (ījiptadeśa)
- Scots: Egyp
- Scottish Gaelic: An Èipheit
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Египат m
- Roman: Egipat (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)
- 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 (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]
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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]
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Egypt m (genitive Egypta, Egyptu) declension pattern dub
- Egypt
Declension[edit]
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References[edit]
- Egypt in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
