ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ

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Coptic[edit]

A reconstruction of the extent of various Chinese realms since the Zhou.

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Etymology[edit]

The etymology is unknown. Could be derived from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos, “Mede”) or its Coptic variant ⲁⲙⲁⲇⲁ (amada) in Gen. 10:2. Compare ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲉⲛ (ammiten, “Amida, a town in Eastern Anatolia, modern Diyarbakır”) and ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ (ammiton, “Nicomedia”).

Proper noun[edit]

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ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ • (amitōn) ?

  1. (Bohairic) China (a country)

References[edit]

  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 212
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