ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian brkt, ultimately from a borrowing from Semitic. Compare Arabic بِرْكة (birka).

Noun

ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ • (berčōt) m or f

  1. (Bohairic) pond

References

  • Peust, Carsten (2010), Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎[1] (in German), Göttingen, page 40
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