ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ

Coptic

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

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ (amiton) — Bohairic

Etymology

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

ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ • (amitōn) ?

1. (Bohairic) China (a country)

References

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