ⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ

Coptic

Site of an Ancient Egyptian temple

Alternative forms

• ⲣⲡⲉ (rpe) — Sahidic
• ⲣⲡⲉⲓⲉ (rpeie) — Akhmimic
• ⲣⲡⲉⲉⲓ (rpeei), ⲣⲡⲉⲉ (rpee) — Lycopolitan
• ⲉⲣⲡⲏⲉⲓ (erpēei), ⲉⲗⲡⲏⲓ (elpēi), ⲉⲗⲡⲏ (elpē) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic rpy, from Egyptian r(ꜣ)-pr.

Noun

ⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ • (erphei) m (plural ⲉⲣⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ (erphēoui))

1. (Bohairic) temple

Derived terms

• ⲯⲉⲙⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ (psemerphei, “Sibirbay, a town in Lower Egypt”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بِرْبَا (birbā, “site of a ruined temple”)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 138