ⲃⲁⲕⲓ

Coptic

Mansheya Square in the city of Alexandria

Etymology

From Demotic bkt (“city”), from Egyptian bꜣkꜣt (“precincts”).

Noun

ⲃⲁⲕⲓ • (baki) f

1. (Bohairic) city

Derived terms

• ⲫⲁϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ (citizen)
• ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲃⲁⲕⲓ (citizen)
• ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲃⲁⲕⲓ (polity, regime)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21