ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Coptic[edit]

Aswan

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Demotic swnw.

Proper noun[edit]

ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ • (souan) f

  1. (Bohairic) Aswan (a city in Egypt)

Descendants[edit]

  • → Arabic: أَسُوَان (ʔasuwān)
  • → Old Nubian: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)

References[edit]

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 352
  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 211
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ&oldid=67561263"