ⲃⲁⲅⲇⲁⲛ

Coptic

Masjid Al Khulafa' (The Caliph's Mosque) in Baghdad

Alternative forms

• ⲃⲁⲕⲧⲁⲛ (baktan) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Persian بغداد (“bağdâd”).

Proper noun

ⲃⲁⲅⲇⲁⲛ • (bagdan) ?

1. (Sahidic) Baghdad (the capital of Iraq)

References

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