Egypt

English

Alternative forms

• Ægypt, Ægipt, Aegipt, Egipt, Egipte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English Egipt, from Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (“Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis”, literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.dʒɪpt/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Egypt

2. A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt.
4. (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.

Synonyms

• (modern country): Arab Republic of Egypt
• (civilization): Ancient Egypt, Egyptian civilization

Derived terms

• Egyptian
• gypsy

Translations

country in North Africa

• Abkhaz: Мысра (Məsrā)
• Adyghe: Мысыр (Məsər)
• Afrikaans: Egipte (af)
• Akkadian: 𒆳𒈬𒀫 (māt muṣur)
• Albanian: Egjipt m, Misr m
• Amharic: ግብፅ (gəbṣ́), ምሥር (məśr)
• Arabic: مِصْر‎ (ar) f (miṣr)

  Egyptian Arabic: مصر‎ f (maṣr)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَصُر‎ f (maṣur)

  Moroccan Arabic: مصر‎ (miṣr)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: מצרין‎ (miṣrēn)

  Syriac: ܡܨܪܝܢ‎ (miṣrēn)

• Armenian: Եգիպտոս (hy) (Egiptos)
• Assamese: মিছৰ (misor)
• Asturian: Exiptu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Misir (az)
• Bashkir: Мысыр (Mïsïr)
• Bavarian: Egyptn n, Ägyptn n, Ägypten n
• Beja: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: Егі́пет m (Jehípjet)
• Bengali: মিশর (bn) (miśôr), মিসর (miśôr)
• Breton: Egipt
• Bulgarian: Еги́пет (bg) m (Egípet)
• Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
• Catalan: Egipte (ca) m
• Chechen: Мисар (Misar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 埃及 (oi¹ kap⁶)

  Hakka: 埃及 (Âi-khi̍p)

  Mandarin: 埃及 (zh) (Āijí)

  Min Dong: 埃及 (Ăi-gĭk)

  Min Nan: 埃及 (Ai-ki̍p)

  Wu: 埃及 (e jiq)

• Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme) (Sahidic), ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi) (Bahairic)
• Cornish: Ejyp m
• Crimean Tatar: Mısır
• Czech: Egypt (cs) m
• Danish: Egypten (da) n, Ægypten (da) n
• Dhivehi: މިޞްރު‎ (mişru)
• Dutch: Egypte (nl)
• Egyptian: (kmt f), (tꜣwj m du)
• Esperanto: Egiptio (eo), Egiptujo (eo)
• Estonian: Egiptus (et)
• Faroese: Egyptaland n
• Finnish: Egypti (fi)
• French: Égypte (fr) f
• Galician: Exipto (gl) m
• Georgian: ეგვიპტე (ka) (egviṗṭe)
• German: Ägypten (de) n, Altes Ägypten n (ancient), Altägypten n (ancient)
• Greek: Αίγυπτος (el) f (Aígyptos)

  Ancient: Αἴγυπτος f (Aíguptos)

• Gujarati: મિસર (misar), ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)
• Hausa: Masar, Misira
• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hebrew: מִצְרַיִם‎ (he) f (mitsráyim)
• Hindi: मिस्र (hi) m (misra), इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (hi) (ijipt), मिस्त्र (hi) (mistra), मिसर (hi) m (misar)
• Hittite: 𒈪𒄑𒊑 (mi-iz-ri /mid͡zri/)
• Hungarian: Egyiptom (hu)
• Icelandic: Egyptaland (is) n, Egiptaland n
• Ido: Egiptia (io)
• Indonesian: Mesir (id)
• Interlingua: Egypto
• Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: An Éigipt (ga) f, Poblacht Arabach na hÉigipte f
• Italian: Egitto (it) m
• Japanese: エジプト (ja) (Ejiputo) (埃及 (ja) (Ejiputo))
• Jarai: čar Êjĭp
• Kabyle: Maṣer
• Kalenjin: Misri
• Kamba: Misri
• Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (kn) (ījipṭ)
• Kapampangan: Eyiptu
• Kashmiri: مِسر‎ (misr)
• Kazakh: Мысыр (Mısır)
• Khmer: អេហ៊្សីប (ʼeeziip)
• Kikuyu: Misri
• Korean: 이집트 (ko) (Ijipteu)
• Krymchak: Мысыр
• Kumyk: Мисри (Misri)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: میسر‎ (ku) (mîsr)

  Northern Kurdish: Misir (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Мысыр (Mısır), Эгипет (Egipet)
• Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
• Latin: Aegyptus (la) f
• Latvian: Ēģipte (lv) f

• Lezgi: Мисри (Misri)
• Lithuanian: Egiptas (lt) m
• Luhya: Misri
• Luo: Misri
• Macedonian: Египет (mk) m (Egipet)
• Malagasy: Ejipta (mg)
• Malay: Mesir
• Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ്‌ (ījipṟṟ‌)
• Maltese: l-Eġittu
• Manchu: ᡝᡤᡳᡦᡨ (egipt)
• Manx: Eajipt f
• Maori: Īhipa
• Maranao: Misir
• Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)
• Meru: Misri
• Middle Persian: [script needed] (agīptôs), [script needed] (mudrāy)
• Mongolian: Египет (mn) (Jegipet), Мисир (Misir)
• Navajo: Ííjip
• Neapolitan: Naggitto m
• Norman: Êgypte f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Egypt (no)

  Nynorsk: Egypt (nn)

• Novial: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: Egipte (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Єгѷптъ m (Egü̏ptŭ)

• Old English: Egypta land n
• Old Norse: Egiptaland n
• Old Persian: 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mudrāya)
• Oriya: ମିଶର (or) (miśôrô), ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭô), ମିଶର୍ (or) (miśôr), ମିଶ୍ର (or) (miśrô)
• Ossetian: Мысыр (Mysyr), Египет (Egipet)
• Paiwan: Idjiputu
• Pashto: مصر‎ m (mesr)
• Persian: مصر‎ (fa) (mesr)
• Plautdietsch: Äjipten n
• Polish: Egipt (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Egipto (pt) m (Portugal), Egito (pt) m (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਮਿਸਰ (misar)
• Quechua: Ihiptu
• Romanian: Egipt (ro) n
• Romansch: Egipta f
• Russian: Еги́пет (ru) m inan (Jegípet)
• Rusyn: Еґі́пет m (Egípet)
• Sanskrit: ईजिप्तदेश (ījiptadeśa), मिसर (sa) m or n (misara)
• Scots: Egyp
• Scottish Gaelic: An Èipheit
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѐгипат m, Мѝсӣр m

  Roman: Ègipat (sh) m, Mìsīr (sh) m

• Sicilian: Eggittu m
• Sinhalese: ඊජිප්තුව (ījiptuwa), මිසරය (misaraya)
• Siwi: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: Egypt (sk) m
• Slovene: Egípt (sl) m
• Somali: Masar
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Egyptojska f

• Spanish: Egipto (es) m
• Sundanese: Mesir
• Swahili: Misri (sw)
• Swedish: Egypten (sv) n
• Tagalog: Ehipto (tl)
• Tajik: Миср (tg) (Misr)
• Tamil: எகிப்து (ta) (ekiptu)
• Tatar: Мисыр (Misır)
• Telugu: ఈజిప్టు (ījipṭu)
• Thai: อียิปต์ (th) (ii-yìp), ไอยคุปต์ (th) (ai-yá-kúp) (literary, ancient Egypt)
• Tibetan: ཨའི་ཅི (a'i ci)
• Turkish: Mısır (tr)
• Turkmen: Müsür
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm)
• Ukrainian: Єги́пет (uk) m (Jehýpet), Єґи́пет m (Jegýpet)
• Urdu: مصر‎ m (misr)
• Uyghur: مىسىر‎ (misir)
• Uzbek: Misr (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ai Cập (vi) (埃及 (vi))
• Volapük: Lägüptän (vo)
• Võro: Egüptüs
• Welsh: yr Aifft f
• Western Panjabi: مصر‎
• Yakut: Эгиипэт (Egiipet)
• Yiddish: מצרים‎ (mitsrayem), עגיפּטן‎ (egiptn)
• Yoruba: Égípítì
• Zhuang: Aehciz

See also

• United Arab Republic
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Appendix:Place names in Egypt
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries) [edit]}

Further reading

• Egypt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɡɪpt]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Egypt m inan

1. Egypt

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Egypťan
• Egypťanka

• egyptský
• egyptština

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt

Related terms

• egypter
• egyptisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Egypt

1. Egypt

Related terms

• egyptar
• egyptisk

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Slovak

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡipt/

Proper noun

Egypt m (genitive Egypta, Egyptu) declension pattern dub

1. Egypt

Declension

Declension of Egypt

	singulare tantum
nominative	Egypt
genitive	Egypta, Egyptu
dative	Egyptu
accusative	Egypt
locative	Egypte
instrumental	Egyptom

Derived terms

• Egypťan m, Egypťanka f
• egyptský
• egyptčina f
• Horný Egypt m, Dolný Egypt m

References

• Egypt in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk