ⲃⲁⲅⲇⲁⲛ
Coptic
Alternative forms
ⲃⲁⲕⲧⲁⲛ
(
baktan
)
—
Bohairic
Etymology
From
Persian
بغداد
(
“
bağdâd
”
)
.
Proper noun
ⲃⲁⲅⲇⲁⲛ
• (
bagdan
)
?
(
Sahidic
)
Baghdad
(the
capital
of
Iraq
)
References
Kircher, Athanasius (
1643
)
Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta
, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page
212