Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) · Egypt (a civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean)
köken: From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, literally “the temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis.
Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) · Cairo (the capital and largest city of Egypt)
çekim: çoğul أَمْصَار · tamlayan مِصْرٍ
köken: From a common Semitic source; compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣráyim), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm /Miṣrāma/), and Akkadian 𒆳𒈪𒄑𒊑 (ᴷᵁᴿmi-iṣ-ri /Miṣri/) or 𒆳𒈬𒀫 (ᴷᵁᴿmu-ṣur /Muṣur/). The ending in Hebrew and Ugaritic is the standard dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Conflated with the root م ص ر (m ṣ r) in some senses (see…
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian مِصْر (miṣr /misr/), from Arabic مِصْرُ (miṣru, “Egypt”, definite nominative). Paragogic vowel of the second syllable had become back -ы- (-y-) under the influence of Arabic emphatic consonant ـصـ (-ṣ-). Then it harmonised the vowel of the first syllable. Compare also Bashkir Мысыр (Mısır), Turkish Mısır, etc.
Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) · a hamlet in Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands · a hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
köken: From Middle Dutch Egypten, ultimately from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), ultimately from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ. The hamlet in Achtkarspelen is named after the country. It may have been named for its remote location or because of the presence of Roma in the area. The hamlet in Ooststellingwerf is named after the country. The name may have originally belonged to a farmhouse.…