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ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ
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Coptic
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Proper noun
1.3
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Coptic
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ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ
Etymology
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From
Ancient Greek
Μαῦρος
(
Maûros
,
“
Moor
”
)
.
Proper noun
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ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ
•
(
maurēs
)
m
(
Bohairic
)
dark-skinned
,
negro
References
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Kircher, Athanasius (
1643
)
Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta
, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page
80