Egypt

English

Alternative forms

Ægypt (archaic)
Ægipt, Aegipt, Egipt, Egipte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English Egipt, from Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (“Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis”, literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.d͡ʒɪpt/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈi.d͡ʒɪpt/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Egypt

A country in North Africa and Western Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.
(historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.
A number of places in the United States:
1. A town in Craighead County, Arkansas.
2. An unincorporated community in Effingham County, Georgia.
3. An unincorporated community in Jordan Township, Jasper County, Indiana.
4. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
5. An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
6. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
7. An extinct town in Belmont County, Ohio.
8. A census-designated place in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
9. A ghost town in Leon County, Texas.
10. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Texas.
11. An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas.
12. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
13. A former settlement in Summers County, West Virginia.
A number of places in England:
1. A tiny hamlet in Leckhampstead parish, West Berkshire, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4476).
2. A suburban village in Farnham Royal parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9685).
3. A suburb of Nailsworth, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST8499). ^[1]
4. A hamlet in Wonston parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4640). ^[2]
5. A hamlet near Thornton, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0933).
A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.

Synonyms

(modern country): Synonyms: Arab Republic of Egypt, Masr, Misr
(civilization): Ancient Egypt, Egyptian civilization

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
→ Chinese: 埃及 (Āijí)
- → Korean: 애굽 (Aegup)
- → Vietnamese: Ai Cập
→ Cornish: Ejyp
→ Gujarati: ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)
→ Hindi: इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (ijipt)
→ Iban: Ejip
→ Japanese: エジプト (Ejiputo)
→ Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (ījipṭ)
→ Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu)
→ Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ‌)
→ Maori: Īhipa
→ Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)
→ Navajo: Ííjip
→ Nepali: इजिप्ट (ijipṭa)
→ Odia: ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭa)
→ Paiwan: Idjiputu
→ Thai: อียิปต์ (ii-yìp)

Translations

country in North Africa

Abkhaz: Мысра (Məsra), Мсыр (Msər)
Adyghe: Мысыр (Məsər)
Afrikaans: Egipte (af)
Aghwan: 𐔴𐔲𐔼𐕢𐕜𐕒𐕚 (egipṭos)
Akan: Misrim
Akkadian: 𒆳𒈬𒀫 (māt muṣur)
Albanian: Egjipt m, Misr m
Amharic: ግብፅ (gəbṣ́), ምሥር (məśr)
Antillean Creole: Ejip f, Éjip f
Arabic: مِصْر (ar) f (miṣr)
Egyptian Arabic: مصر f (maṣr)

Gulf Arabic: مصر f (maṣir)

Hijazi Arabic: مَصُر f (maṣur)

Moroccan Arabic: مصر (miṣr)

North Levantine Arabic: مَصْر f (maṣ(ə)r)
Aragonese: Echipto
Aramaic:
Hebrew: מצרין (miṣrēn)

Syriac: ܡܨܪܝܢ (miṣrēn)
Armenian: Եգիպտոս (hy) (Egiptos)
Assamese: মিছৰ (misor)
Asturian: Exiptu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: Misir (az)
Bashkir: Мысыр (Mısır)
Basque: Egipto
Bavarian: Egyptn n, Ägyptn n, Ägypten n
Beja: مَسِر (Másir)
Belarusian: Егі́пет m (Jehípjet)
Bengali: মিশর (bn) (miśor), মিসর (miśor)
Breton: Egipt (br)
Bulgarian: Еги́пет (bg) m (Egípet)
Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
Carpathian Rusyn: Еґі́пет m (Egípet)
Catalan: Egipte (ca) m
Chechen: Мисар (Misar)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 埃及 (oi¹ kap⁶)

Eastern Min: 埃及 (Ăi-gĭk)

Hakka: 埃及 (Âi-khi̍p)

Hokkien: 埃及 (Ai-ki̍p)

Mandarin: 埃及 (zh) (Āijí)

Wu: 埃及 (¹e-jiq / ¹i-jiq)
Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme) (Sahidic), ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi) (Bohairic)
Cornish: Ejyp m
Corsican: Egittu m
Ajaccian: Eghjittu m
Crimean Tatar: Mısır
Czech: Egypt (cs) m
Danish: Egypten (da) n, Ægypten (da) n
Dhivehi: މިޞްރު (mişru)
Dutch: Egypte (nl) n
Egyptian:

(kmt f),

(tꜣwj m du)
Elamite: 𒈬𒆪𒊑𒅀 (Mudariya⁠)
Esperanto: Egiptio (eo), Egiptujo (eo)
Estonian: Egiptus (et)
Farefare: Egipto, Ezipti
Faroese: Egyptaland n
Finnish: Egypti (fi)
French: Égypte (fr) f
Galician: Exipto (gl) m
Georgian: ეგვიპტე (ka) (egviṗṭe)
German: Ägypten (de) n, Altes Ägypten n (ancient), Altägypten n (ancient)
Alemannic German: Ägypten
Greek: Αίγυπτος (el) f (Aígyptos)
Ancient: Αἴγυπτος f (Aíguptos)
Gujarati: મિસર (misar), ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)
Haitian Creole: Ejip f
Hausa: Masar, Misira
Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
Hebrew: מִצְרַיִם (he) f (mitsráyim)
Hindi: मिस्र (hi) m (misra), इजिप्ट m (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (hi) m (ijipt), मिस्त्र (hi) m (mistra), मिसर (hi) m (misar)
Hittite: 𒈪𒄑𒊑 (mi-iz-ri /⁠mid͡zri⁠/)
Hungarian: Egyiptom (hu)
Icelandic: Egyptaland (is) n, Egiptaland n
Ido: Egiptia (io)
Indonesian: Mesir (id)
Interlingua: Egypto
Irish: An Éigipt (ga) f
Italian: Egitto (it) m
Japanese: エジプト (ja) (Ejiputo), 埃及 (ja) (Ejiputo)
Jarai: čar Êjĭp
Kabyle: Maṣer
Kalenjin: Misri
Kamba: Misri
Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (kn) (ījipṭ)
Kapampangan: Eyiptu
Kashmiri: مِسر (misr)
Kazakh: Мысыр (kk) (Mysyr)
Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (km) (ʼeeziip)
Kikuyu: Misri
Korean: 이집트 (ko) (Ijipteu), 에짚트 (ko) (Ejipteu) (North Korea), 애굽(埃及) (Aegup) (dated)
Krymchak: Мысыр
Kumyk: Мисри (Misri)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: میسر (mîsr)

Northern Kurdish: Misir (ku)
Kyrgyz: Мысыр (Mısır), Эгипет (Egipet), Мисир (ky) (Misir)
Ladino: Ayifto
Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
Latin: Aegyptus (la) f
Latvian: Ēģipte (lv) f
Lezgi: Мисри (Misri)
Lithuanian: Egiptas (lt) m
Luhya: Misri
Luo: Misri
Macedonian: Египет (mk) m (Egipet)
Malagasy: Ejipta (mg)
Malay: Mesir (ms)
Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ‌)
Maltese: l-Eġittu
Manchu: ᡝᡤᡳᡦᡝᡨ (egipet)
Manx: Eajipt f
Maori: Īhipa
Maranao: Misir
Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)
Meru: Misri
Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭲𐭮𐭠𐭢 (agīptôs), 𐭬𐭣𐭥𐭠𐭩 (Mudrāy⁠)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Египет (mn) (Jegipet), Мисир (Misir)

Mongolian: ᠶᠧᠭᠢᠫᠧᠲ᠋ (yēgipēt), ᠮᠢᠰᠢᠷ (misir)
Navajo: Ííjip
Neapolitan: Naggitto m
Nepali: इजिप्ट (ijipṭa)
Norman: Êgypte f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Egypt (no) n

Nynorsk: Egypt (nn) n
Nubian:
Nobiin: Másser (ⲙⲁ́ⲥⲥⲉⲣ), Mísser (ⲙⲓ́ⲥⲥⲉⲣ)
Occitan: Egipte (oc) m
Odia: ମିଶର (or) (miśara), ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭa), ମିଶର୍ (or) (miśar), ମିଶ୍ର (or) (miśra)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Єгѷптъ m (Egüptŭ)
Old English: Egypta land n
Old Norse: Egiptaland n
Old Persian: 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mudrāya)
Ossetian: Мысыр (Mysyr), Египет (Egipet)
Ottoman Turkish: مصر (Mısır)
Paiwan: Idjiputu
Pannonian Rusyn: Єгипет m (Jehipet)
Pashto: مصر m (mesr)
Persian:
Classical Persian: مِصْر (misr)

Dari: مِصْر (misr)

Iranian Persian: مِصْر (mesr)
Plautdietsch: Äjipten n
Polish: Egipt (pl) m inan
Portuguese: Egipto (pt) m (Portugal), Egito (pt) m (Brazil)
Punjabi: ਮਿਸਰ (misar), مِصر (miṣr)
Quechua: Ihiptu
Rarotongan: ‘Aiviti
Reunionese Creole French: Ézip f
Romanian: Egipt (ro) n
Romansch: Egipta f
Russian: Еги́пет (ru) m inan (Jegípet)
Samoan: 'Aikupito
Sanskrit: ईजिप्तदेश (ījiptadeśa), मिसर (sa) m or n (misara)
Sardinian: Egittu m, Egitu m
Scots: Egyp
Scottish Gaelic: An Èipheit
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ѐгипат m, Мѝсӣр m

Roman: Ègipat (sh) m, Mìsīr (sh) m
Sicilian: Eggittu m
Sinhalese: ඊජිප්තුව (si) (ījiptuwa), මිසරය (si) (misaraya)
Siwi: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: Egypt (sk) m
Slovene: Egípt (sl) m
Somali: Masar
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Egyptojska f
Spanish: Egipto (es) m
Sundanese: Mesir
Swahili: Misri (sw)
Swedish: Egypten (sv) n
Tagalog: Ehipto (tl)
Tajik: Миср (tg) (Misr)
Tamil: எகிப்து (ta) (ekiptu)
Tatar: Мисыр (Misır)
Tausug: Misil
Telugu: ఈజిప్టు (ījipṭu)
Thai: อียิปต์ (th) (ii-yìp), ไอยคุปต์ (th) (ai-yá-kúp) (literary, ancient Egypt)
Tibetan: ཨའི་ཅི (a'i ci)
Tigrinya: ግብጺ (gəbṣi)
Turkish: Mısır (tr)
Turkmen: Müsür
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm)
Ukrainian: Єги́пет (uk) m (Jehýpet), Єґи́пет m (Jegýpet)
Upper Sorbian: Egypt m (archaic)
Urdu: مِصْر m (misr)
Uyghur: مىسىر (misir)
Uzbek: Misr (uz)
Vietnamese: Ai Cập (vi) (埃及 (vi))
Volapük: Lägüptän (vo)
Võro: Egüptüs
Welsh: yr Aifft f
Yakan: Misil
Yakut: Эгиипэт (Egiipet)
Yiddish: מצרים n (mitsrayem), עגיפּטן n (egiptn)
Yoruba: Íjíbítì
Zhuang: Aehciz