ⲡⲉⲃⲓϫ

Coptic

Etymology

From Arabic بَبِيج (babīj), which in turn is from ⲡⲓ- (pi-) + ⲉⲡⲟⲓⲕⲓⲟⲛ (epoikion), which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἐποίκιον (epoíkion, “village, farmstead”).

Pronunciation

• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /bəˈbiːkʲ/

Proper noun

ⲡⲉⲃⲓϫ • (pebič) m

1. (Bohairic) Babig (a town in Egypt)

References

• Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010) Koptische Dialektologie anhand ägyptisch-arabischer Ortsnamen, Göttinger Miszellen 226, 2010, p. 88