ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ

Coptic
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933). On the Way between Old and New Cairo, Citadel Mosque of Mohammed Ali, and Tombs of the Mamelukes, 1872. Oil on canvas

Etymology

From Arabic القاهرة (“The victorious one”)

Proper noun

ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ • (khairon) f

  1. (Sahidic) Cairo (the capital of Egypt)
    Synonyms: ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ (tikešrōmi), ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ (lioui), ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi)

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