ⲓⲁⲣⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

The Nile river

ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ (eiero) — Sahidic
ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero) — Sahidic, Akhmimic
ⲓⲉⲣⲁ (iera) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). By surface analysis, ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) +‎ ⲟ (o, “great”).

Pronunciation

(Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /jaˈɾoʔ/
(Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /jaˈɾuʔ/, /jæˈɾuʔ/
(Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈjaro/

Noun

ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (iaro) m (plural ⲓⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ (iarōou))

(Bohairic) river

Proper noun

ⲫ̀ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (ph̀iaro) m

(Bohairic) the Nile river

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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