ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ

Coptic
Aswan

Alternative forms
  • ⲥⲟⲩⲏⲛ (souēn) — Sahidic
  • ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ (souaan) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic swnw.

Proper noun

ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ • (souan) f

  1. (Bohairic) Aswan (a city in Egypt)

Descendants
  • → Arabic: أَسُوَان (ʔasuwān)
  • → Old Nubian: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)
    • → Nobiin: Suwān

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 352
  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 211
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