ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

ⲧ (t, feminine definite article) +‎ ϩⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (hentikē, noun) from Demotic ꜥntsyke or directly from Ancient Greek Ἰνδῐκή (Indĭkḗ).

Proper noun

ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ • (thentikē) f

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) India (a country)

References

  • BIFAO 113 (2013), p. 381-432
  • Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎[1], volume 93, Chicago: The University of Chicago
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