ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ

Coptic

Coptic Cairo

Etymology

From Arabic قَصْر الرُّوم (qaṣr ar-rūm, “the Roman castle”). An alternative name of Qasr al-Sham, which includes Old Cairo. First attested in the Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit (ⲫⲏⲉ̅ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲁⲛⲓϫⲱⲓⲧ), dating to the early 13th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təkəʃˈɾoːmə/

Proper noun

ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ • (tikešrōmi) f

  1. Cairo (the capital of Egypt)
    Synonyms: ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ (khairon), ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ (lioui), ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi)
    • The Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit
      ...ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲉϥϯⲙⲁϩⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲁ ⲛⲓϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲗⲁⲩⲣⲁ ⲙ̀ⲡⲓⲥⲉⲩⲉⲣϫⲓⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ.
      ...ethbe je ne oureftimahi pe na nihiomi ebolxen thlaura m̀piseuerjis xen tikešrōmi.
      ...for he was a flax merchant to the women from the avenue of Abu Jirjis in (Old) Cairo...

References

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