ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ (benipi) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic bnpy, from Egyptian bjꜣ n pt (“metal of the heaven”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βəˈniːpə/

Noun

ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ • (benipe) m

(Sahidic, Old Coptic) iron

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 41

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