ⲃⲁⲕⲓ

Coptic

Mansheya Square in the city of Alexandria

Etymology

From Demotic bkt (“city”), from Egyptian bꜣkꜣt (“precincts”).

Noun

ⲃⲁⲕⲓ • (baki) f

(Bohairic) city

Derived terms

ⲫⲁϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ (citizen)
ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲃⲁⲕⲓ (citizen)
ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲃⲁⲕⲓ (polity, regime)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21

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