ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ

Coptic
Carl Wuttke, Early Morning on the Holy Pond in Karnak

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic brkt, ultimately from a borrowing from Semitic. Compare Arabic بِرْكة (birka).

Noun

ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ • (bercōt) m or f

  1. (Bohairic) pond

References
  • Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎ (in German), Göttingen, page 40
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