Mahrūsa

Nobiin

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲁϩⲣⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥⲁ (mahro̅u̅sa)

Etymology

From Arabic الْمَحْرُوسَة (al-maḥrūsa, “protected (by God)”). Applied to Cairo and by extension to the whole Egypt.

Proper noun

Mahrūsa

1. Egypt (a country)

   Synonym: Másser (Egypt)

2. Cairo (the capital of Egypt)

References

• Reinisch, Leo (1879) Die Nuba-Sprache, Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 191