Egypt

English

Egypt

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 (ai-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):

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Proper noun

Egypt

2. A country in North Africa and Western Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.
4. (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.
5. 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.
6. 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).
   4. A hamlet in Wonston parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4640).
   5. A hamlet near Thornton, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0933).
7. 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

• Egyptian
• gypsy
• Upper Egypt

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 (Egü̏ptŭ)

• Old English: Egypta land n
• Old Norse: Egiptaland n
• Old Persian: 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mudrāya)
• Ossetian: Мысыр (Mysyr), Египет (Egipet)
• Ottoman Turkish: مصر (Mısır)
• Paiwan: Idjiputu
• 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

See also

• United Arab Republic
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Category:Places in Egypt
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Egypt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Egypt (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Ejipt(us), Egypt(us), from Latin Aegyptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɡɪpt]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Egypt m inan (related adjective egyptský, demonym Egypťan, female demonym Egypťanka)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Declension

Declension of Egypt (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Egypt
genitive	Egypta
dative	Egyptu
accusative	Egypt
vocative	Egypte
locative	Egyptě, Egyptu
instrumental	Egyptem

Derived terms

• egyptolog
• egyptologie
• egyptština

 

Further reading

• “Egypt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Egypt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Egypt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Related terms

• egypter
• egyptisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Related terms

• egyptar
• egyptisk

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɛɡɨpt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɛɡipt/

Noun

Egypt m inan

1. Alternative form of Ejipt

Declension

Declension of Egypt (sg-only hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	Egypt
genitive	Egypta, Egyptu
dative	Egyptu
accusative	Egypt
vocative	Egypte
locative	Egyptě, Egyptu
instrumental	Egyptem

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Egypt”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Aegyptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡipt/

Proper noun

Egypt m inan (genitive singular Egypta or Egyptu)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Declension

Declension of Egypt

	singulare tantum
nominative	Egypt
genitive	Egypta, Egyptu
dative	Egyptu
accusative	Egypt
locative	Egypte
instrumental	Egyptom

Derived terms

• Egypťan m, Egypťanka f
• egyptský
• egyptčina f
• Horný Egypt m, Dolný Egypt m

Further reading

• “Egypt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024