ⲙⲟⲩⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms
Island of Elephantine in Aswan, Egypt

Etymology

From Demotic mꜣy (“island”), from Egyptian mꜣwt (“new land (that emerged from the Nile)”), most likely abbreviated from *jw nj mꜣwt, literally “island of newness”.

Noun

ⲙⲟⲩⲉ • (moue) f

  1. (Sahidic) island

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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