𐦧𐦢𐦬𐦡𐦳𐦡

Meroitic

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Egyptian p(ꜣ)-jw-rq (“Philae”, literally “the Island of the Turning”) or its descendant, Demotic p-ꜣlq.

Proper noun

𐦧𐦢𐦬𐦡𐦳𐦡 (pileqe /piləq/)

1. Philae

References

• Rowan, Kirsty (2006) Meroitic—A Phonological Investigation, Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, page 44
• Rilly, Claude, de Voogt, Alex (2012) The Meroitic Language and Writing System, New York: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 108