ⲡⲉⲃⲓϫ

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Coptic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَبِيج (babīj), which in turn is from ⲡⲓ- (pi-) + ⲉⲡⲟⲓⲕⲓⲟⲛ (epoikion), which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἐποίκιον (epoíkion, “village, farmstead”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /bəˈbiːkʲ/

Proper noun[edit]

ⲡⲉⲃⲓϫ • (pebič) m

  1. (Bohairic) Babig (a town in Egypt)

References[edit]

  • Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010) Koptische Dialektologie anhand ägyptisch-arabischer Ortsnamen, Göttinger Miszellen 226, 2010, p. 88
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