ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ

Coptic

A village in Lower Egypt

Alternative forms

• ϫⲉⲡⲣⲟ (čepro) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ϭⲱⲡⲣⲟ (cōpro) — Sahidic
• ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ (čebro) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Aramaic כַּפְרָא (kap̄rā, “village”).

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Classical Coptic) IPA^(key): /kʲəˈpʰroː/
• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈpʰroː/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈbroː/

Noun

ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ • (čephro) f

1. (Bohairic) farm
2. (Bohairic) small village, hamlet

Synonyms

• ⲉⲡⲟⲓⲕⲓⲟⲛ (epoikion)

Derived terms

• ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ (sapro hbō, “Shubra el-Kheima”)
• ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲑⲏⲛⲓ (čebro nathēni, “Shubra Tana”)
• ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲥⲓⲛⲉ (čebro menesine, “Shubra Wasim”)
• ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ϧⲏⲧ (čephro xēt, “Shubra Khit”)
• ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ⲣⲏⲥ (čephro rēs, “Shubra Ris”)
• ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (čephro ement, “Shubramant”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: شُبْرَا (šubrā)
• → Ancient Greek: σαπρο (sapro)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
• Carsten Peust. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten, Göttingen 2010.