ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic כַּפְרָא (kap̄rā, “village”).

Pronunciation

  • (reconstructed Classical Coptic) IPA(key): /kʲəˈpʰroː/
  • (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈpʰroː/
  • (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /ʃəˈbroː/

Noun

ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ • (čephro) f

  1. (Bohairic) farm
  2. (Bohairic) small village, hamlet

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ (sapro hbō, “Shubra el-Kheima”)
  • ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲥⲓⲛⲉ (čebro menesine, “Shubra Wasim”)
  • ϫⲉⲃⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲑⲏⲛⲓ (čebro nathēni, “Shubra Tana”)
  • ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (čephro ement, “Shubramant”)
  • ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ⲣⲏⲥ (čephro rēs, “Shubra Ris”)
  • ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ ϧⲏⲧ (čephro xēt, “Shubra Khit”)

Descendants

  • → Arabic: شُبْرَا (šubrā)
  • → Ancient Greek: σαπρο (sapro)

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
  • Carsten Peust. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten, Göttingen 2010.
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