ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ

Coptic

Giza

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲡⲣⲥⲱⲓ (tprsōi) — Sahidic
• ⲧⲡⲉⲣⲥⲓⲟⲥ (tpersios) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲓⲱϯ (tipersiōti) — Bohairic

Etymology

ϯ (ti, feminine definite article) +‎ ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ (persēs, “Persian”, noun) i.e. "the Persian (fortress)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed classical Coptic) /təˈpɛrses/
• IPA^(key): (reconstructed post-conquest Bohairic) /dəˈbarsis/

Proper noun

ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ • (tipersēs) f

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

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
• Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum
• Amélineau, Emile (1893). La géographie de l’Egypte à l’époque copte. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. pp. 190.