ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ

Coptic

Aswan

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲟⲩⲏⲛ (souēn) — Sahidic
• ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ (souaan) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic swnw.

Proper noun

ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ • (souan) f

1. (Bohairic) Aswan (a city in Egypt)

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَسُوَان (ʔasuwān)
• → Old Nubian: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)
  • → Nobiin: Suwān

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 352
• Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 211