ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ (benipi) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic bnpy, from Egyptian bjꜣ n pt (“metal of the heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βəˈniːpə/

Noun

ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ • (benipe) m

1. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) iron

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 41