ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ

Coptic

ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros, “Moor”).

Proper noun

ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ • (maurēs) m

1. (Bohairic) dark-skinned, negro

References

• Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 80