ⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ

Coptic

Site of an Ancient Egyptian temple

Alternative forms

ⲣⲡⲉ (rpe) — Sahidic
ⲣⲡⲉⲓⲉ (rpeie) — Akhmimic
ⲣⲡⲉⲉⲓ (rpeei), ⲣⲡⲉⲉ (rpee) — Lycopolitan
ⲉⲣⲡⲏⲉⲓ (erpēei), ⲉⲗⲡⲏⲓ (elpēi), ⲉⲗⲡⲏ (elpē) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic rpy, from Egyptian r(ꜣ)-pr.

Noun

ⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ • (erphei) m (plural ⲉⲣⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ (erphēoui))

(Bohairic) temple

Derived terms

ⲯⲉⲙⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ (psemerphei, “Sibirbay, a town in Lower Egypt”)

Descendants

→ Arabic: بِرْبَا (birbā, “site of a ruined temple”)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 138

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