Egyptian

English

Alternative forms

• Ægyptian (archaic)
• Ægiptian, Aegiptian (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt +‎ -ian.

Detail on an Egyptian tomb: the tomb of Princess Idut at Saqqara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən/

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Adjective

Egyptian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Derived terms

• anti-Egyptian
• Egyptian Aramaic
• Egyptian bean
• Egyptian cotton
• Egyptian cross
• Egyptian darkness
• Egyptianness
• Egyptian privet
• Egyptian thorn
• Upper Egyptian Arabic

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Egypt

• Afrikaans: Egipties
• Albanian: egjiptian (sq)
• Arabic: مِصْرِيّ (ar) (miṣriyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: مَصْرِي (maṣri)

  Moroccan Arabic: مصري (miṣri)

• Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan), եգիպտոսյան (egiptosyan)
• Asturian: exipciu (ast), exipcianu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: misir
• Belarusian: егі́пецкі (jehípjecki)
• Bengali: মিশরীয় (bn) (miśoriẏo)
• Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
• Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
• Catalan: egipcià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及的 (zh) (Āijí de)

• Czech: egyptský (cs) m
• Danish: egyptisk
• Dutch: Egyptisch (nl)
• Esperanto: egipta
• Estonian: egiptuse
• Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
• French: égyptien (fr) m, égyptienne (fr) f
• Galician: exipcio m, exipcia
• Georgian: ეგვიპტური (egviṗṭuri)
• German: ägyptisch (de)
• Greek: αιγυπτιακός (el) (aigyptiakós)

  Ancient: Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios)

• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hebrew: מִצְרִי (he) (mitsrí)
• Hindi: मिसरी (hi) (misrī)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: egypskur
• Irish: Éigipteach
• Italian: egiziano (it)
• Japanese: エジプトの (Ejiputo no)
• Kazakh: мысыр (mysyr), мысырлық (mysyrlyq)
• Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (km) (ʼeeziip)
• Korean: 이집트의 (ko) (ijipteuui)
• Kyrgyz: египеттик (yegipettik), египет (yegipet)
• Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
• Latin: aegyptius m, aegyptia f, aegyptiacus m, aegyptiaca f
• Latvian: ēģiptiešu, ēģiptisks
• Lithuanian: egiptietiškas, egiptiečių
• Macedonian: египетски (egipetski)
• Malay: Mesir (ms)
• Marathi: इजिप्शियन (ijipśiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)

• Old English: Egyptisċ
• Old Norse: egipzkr
• Persian: مصری (fa) (mesri)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ejiiptyan
• Polish: egipski (pl)
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt), egipciano (pt)
• Romanian: egiptean (ro) m
• Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Èipheiteach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѐгипатскӣ

  Roman: ègipatskī (sh)

• Slovak: egyptský (sk)
• Slovene: egipčanski
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: egyptojski

• Spanish: egipcio (es), egipciano
• Swahili: Kimisri
• Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
• Tajik: мисрӣ (misri)
• Tatar: мисыр (misır)
• Thai: อียิปต์ (th) (ii-yìp)
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr), Mısır (tr)
• Turkmen: müsür
• Ukrainian: єги́петський (jehýpetsʹkyj)
• Uzbek: misr (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ai Cập (vi)
• Volapük: Lägüptänik (vo)
• Welsh: Eifftaidd
• West Frisian: Egyptysk
• Yiddish: מיצריש (mitsrish)

of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians

• Afrikaans: Egipties
• Arabic: مِصْرِيّ (ar) m (miṣriyy)

  Moroccan Arabic: مصري (miṣri)

• Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan)
• Asturian: exipciu (ast), exipcianu (ast)
• Bengali: মিশরীয় (bn) (miśoriẏo)
• Catalan: egipcià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及的 (zh) (Āijí de)

• Czech: egyptský (cs)
• Dutch: Egyptisch (nl)
• Esperanto: egipta
• Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
• French: égyptien (fr) m, égyptienne (fr) f
• Galician: exipcio m
• Georgian: ეგვიპტელი (egviṗṭeli)
• German: ägyptisch (de)
• Greek: αιγυπτιακός (el) (aigyptiakós)
• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hindi: मिसरी (hi) (misrī)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: egypskur
• Irish: Éigipteach
• Latin: aegyptius m, aegyptia f, aegyptiacus m, aegyptiaca f
• Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir (ms)
• Marathi: इजिप्शियन (ijipśiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)

• Old English: Egyptisċ
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ejiiptyan
• Polish: egipski (pl)
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt), egipciano (pt)
• Romanian: egiptean (ro)
• Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: египћански

  Roman: egipćanski

• Slovak: egyptský (sk)
• Slovene: egipčanski
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: egyptojski

• Spanish: egipcio (es), egipciano
• Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
• Tajik: мисрӣ (misri)
• Tatar: мисырлы (tt) (misırlı)
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
• Ukrainian: єги́петський (jehýpetsʹkyj)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänanik, (♂) hi-Lägüptänanik, (♀) ji-Lägüptänanik
• Welsh: Eifftaidd
• Yiddish: מיצריש (mitsrish)

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• Galician: ^{(please verify)} exipcio

Noun

Egyptian (plural Egyptians)

1. A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
2. (dated) A gypsy.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 457:

     The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.

   • 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang):

     I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

Derived terms

• Balkan Egyptian
• Egyptian vulture
• Lower Egyptian
• Upper Egyptian
• walk like an Egyptian

Translations

person from Egypt

• Afrikaans: Egiptenaar, Egiptenare pl
• Albanian: egjiptian (sq) m
• Arabic: مِصْرِيّ (ar) (miṣriyy), مِصْرِيَّة f (miṣriyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: مصرى m (maṣri), مصرية f (maṣriyya)

  Moroccan Arabic: مصري (miṣri)

• Armenian: եգիպտոսցի (egiptoscʻi), եգիպտացի (egiptacʻi)
• Asturian: exipciu (ast) m, exipcianu (ast) m, exipcia (ast) f, exipciana (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: misirli
• Belarusian: егіпця́нін m (jehipcjánin), егіпця́нка f (jehipcjánka)
• Bengali: মিশরীয় (bn) (miśoriẏo)
• Bulgarian: египтя́нин (bg) m (egiptjánin)
• Catalan: egipcià (ca) m, egipciana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及人 (zh) (Āijírén)

• Czech: Egypťan (cs) m
• Danish: egypter (da) m
• Dutch: Egyptenaar (nl) m
• Egyptian: (rmṯ n kmt m)
• Esperanto: egipto (eo)
• Estonian: egiptlane (et)
• Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
• French: Égyptien (fr), Égyptienne (fr), Egyptien (fr) m, Egyptienne

  Middle French: Aegyptien m, Aegyptienne f

• Galician: exipcio m, exipcia f
• Georgian: ეგვიპტელი (egviṗṭeli)
• German: Ägypter (de) m, Ägypterin (de) f
• Greek: Αιγύπτιος (el) m (Aigýptios), Αιγύπτια (el) f (Aigýptia)

  Ancient: Αἰγύπτιος m (Aigúptios), Αἰγύπτια f (Aigúptia)

  Mycenaean: 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo)

• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hebrew: מִצְרִי (he) m (mitsrí)
• Hindi: मिसरी (hi) m (misrī)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: Egypti, Egyptar
• Irish: Éigipteach m
• Italian: egiziano (it) m, egiziaco m, egiziana (it) f, egiziani (it) m pl, egiziane (it) f pl
• Japanese: エジプト人 (ejiputojin)
• Korean: 이집트인 (ijipteu'in), 이집트 사람 (ijipteu saram)
• Latin: aegyptius m, aegyptia f, aegyptiacus m, aegyptiaca f
• Latvian: ēģiptietis m, ēģiptiete f
• Lithuanian: egiptietis (lt) m
• Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir (ms)
• Marathi: इजिप्शियन (ijipśiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egypter (no) m

  Nynorsk: egyptar (nn) m

• Old English: Egyptisċ
• Polish: Egipcjanin (pl) m, Egipcjanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt) m, egípcia (pt) f, egipciano (pt) m, egipciana f
• Romanian: egiptean (ro) m, egipteană (ro) f, egipteancă (ro) f
• Russian: египтя́нин (ru) m (jegiptjánin), египтя́нка (ru) f (jegiptjánka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ѐгипћанин m, Египћанка f

  Roman: Ègipćanin m, Ègipćānka f

• Slovak: Egypťan (sk) m, Egypťanka f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Egyptaŕ m, Egyptaŕka f

• Spanish: egipcio (es) m, egipcia (es) f, egipciano m, egipciana f
• Swahili: Mmisri (sw)
• Swedish: egyptier (sv) m, egyptiska (sv) f
• Tooro: Omunyamisiri class 1, Omumisiri class 1
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
• Uyghur: مىسىرلىق (misirliq)
• Uzbek: misrlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: người Ai Cập
• Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänan (vo), (♂) hi-Lägüptänan, (♀) ji-Lägüptänan
• Welsh: Eifftiwr m, Eifftiad m, Eifftes f
• Yiddish: מיצרי m (mitsri), מיצרית f (mitsris)

Proper noun

Egyptian

2. The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

   Synonym: Ancient Egyptian

Related terms

• Egypt
• Late Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Old Egyptian

Translations

language

• Arabic: مِصْرِيَّة f (miṣriyya), مَصْرِيَّة f (maṣriyya)
• Asturian: exipciu (ast) m
• Bengali: মিশরীয় (bn) (miśoriẏo)
• Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
• Catalan: egipcià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及語 / 埃及语 (zh) (Āijíyǔ)

• Coptic: ⲁⲓⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛ (aiguptiakon)
• Cornish: Ejyptek m
• Czech: egyptština (cs) f
• Dutch: Egyptisch (nl) n
• Egyptian: (r n kmt m), (mdwt kmt f pl), (mdt rmṯ n kmt f)
• Finnish: egypti (fi)
• French: égyptien (fr) m
• Galician: exipcio m
• Georgian: ეგვიპტური (egviṗṭuri)
• German: Ägyptisch (de) n
• Greek: αιγυπτιακά (el) n pl (aigyptiaká)

  Ancient Greek: Αἰγυπτιακή (Aiguptiakḗ)

• Hebrew: מצרית (mitsrit)
• Hindi: मिसरी (hi) f (misrī)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: egypska f
• Irish: Éigiptis f
• Italian: egizio (it) m, lingua egizia f
• Japanese: エジプト語 (Ejiputo-go)
• Latin: lingua aegyptia f, lingua aegyptiaca f
• Malay: bahasa Mesir, Mesir (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk m

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn) m

• Old English: Egyptisċ n
• Polish: egipski (pl) m
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt) m
• Romanian: egipteană (ro) f
• Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: египатски језик m

  Roman: ègipatskī jèzik (sh) m

• Spanish: egipcio (es) m
• Swahili: Kimisri
• Swedish: egyptiska (sv) c, fornegyptiska (sv) c
• Ukrainian: єги́петська мо́ва f (jehýpetsʹka móva)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Ai Cập
• Volapük: Lägüptänapük, (ancient) Vöna-Lägüptänapük
• Welsh: Eiffteg f

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Egyptian, egy ⁠

Anagrams

• aegyptin