ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ

Coptic

India

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲉⲛⲇⲓⲕⲉ (tendike) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ⲧⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲉ (tentike) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

ⲧ (t, feminine definite article) +‎ ϩⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (hentikē, noun) from Demotic ꜥntsyke or directly from Ancient Greek Ἰνδῐκή (Indĭkḗ).

Proper noun

ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ • (thentikē) f

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) India (a country)

Related terms

• ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ (hentou)
• ⲧⲉⲛⲇⲓⲁ (tendia)

References

• BIFAO 113 (2013), p. 381-432
• Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎^[1], volume 93, Chicago: The University of Chicago