Egyptian

English

Alternative forms

• Ægyptian, Ægiptian, Aegiptian (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈdʒɪp.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

Derived terms

• Egyptian bean
• Egyptian cotton
• Egyptian cross

• Egyptian darkness
• Egyptianness
• Egyptian thorn

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Egypt

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

  Egyptian Arabic: مَصْرِي‎ (maṣri)

• Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan), եգիպտոսյան (egiptosyan)
• Azerbaijani: misir
• Belarusian: егі́пецкі (jehípjecki)
• Bengali: মিশরী (miśrī)
• Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
• Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
• Catalan: egipci (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
• Italian: egiziano (it)
• Japanese: エジプトの (Ejiputo no)
• Kazakh: мысыр (mısır), мысырлық (mısırlıq)
• Khmer: អេហ៊្សីប (ʼeeziip)

• Korean: 이집트의 (ko) (ijipteuui)
• Kyrgyz: египеттик (yegipettik), египет (yegipet)
• Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
• Latvian: ēģiptiešu, ēģiptisks
• Lithuanian: egiptietiškas, egiptiečių
• Macedonian: египетски (egipetski)
• Malay: Mesir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)

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

  Cyrillic: ѐгипатскӣ

  Roman: ègipatskī (sh)

• Slovak: egyptský (sk)
• Slovene: egipčanski
• Spanish: egipcio (es)
• Swahili: Kimisri
• Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
• Tajik: мисрӣ (misrī)
• 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)

of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians

• Afrikaans: Egipties
• Arabic: مِصْرِيّ‎ (ar) m (miṣriyy), مِصِرِيَّة‎ f (miṣiriyya)
• Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan)
• Catalan: egipci (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
• Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)

• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ejiiptyan
• Polish: egipski (pl) m
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt)
• Romanian: egiptean (ro)
• Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: египћански

  Roman: egipćanski

• Slovak: egyptský (sk)
• Slovene: egipčanski
• Spanish: egipcio (es)
• Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
• Tajik: мисрӣ (misrī)
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänanik, (♂) hi-Lägüptänanik, (♀) ji-Lägüptänanik

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مِصْرِيّ‎ (ar) (miṣriyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: مصري‎ (maSrii)

• 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 1973, p. 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

• walk like an Egyptian

Translations

person from Egypt

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

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

• Armenian: եգիպտոսցի (egiptoscʿi), եգիպտացի (egiptacʿi)
• Belarusian: егіпця́нін m (jehipcjánin), егіпця́нка f (jehipcjánka)
• Bulgarian: египтя́нин (bg) m (egiptjánin)
• Catalan: egipci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及人 (zh) (Āijírén)

• Czech: Egypťan (cs) m
• Danish: egypter (da) m
• Dutch: Egyptenaar (nl) m
• Esperanto: egipto (eo)
• Estonian: egiptlane
• 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)

• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hebrew: מִצְרִי‎ (he) m (mitsrí)

• Hindi: मिसरी (hi) m (misrī)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: Egypti, Egyptar
• 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: 이집트 사람 (ijipteu saram)
• Latvian: ēģiptietis m, ēģiptiete f
• Lithuanian: egiptietis (lt) m
• Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egypter (no) m

  Nynorsk: egyptar (nn) m

• Polish: Egipcjanin (pl) m, Egipcjanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt)
• 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 (sh) m, Ègipćānka f

• Slovak: Egypťan (sk) m, Egypťanka f
• Spanish: egipcio (es) m, egipcia (es) f
• Swahili: Mmisri (sw)
• Swedish: egyptier (sv) m, egyptiska (sv) f
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
• Vietnamese: người Ai Cập
• Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänan (vo), (♂) hi-Lägüptänan, (♀) ji-Lägüptänan

Proper noun

Egyptian

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

Related terms

• Egypt
• Late Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Old Egyptian

Translations

language

• Arabic: مِصْرِيَّة‎ f (miṣriyya), مَصْرِيَّة‎ f (maṣriyya)
• Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
• Catalan: egipci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及語 (zh), 埃及语 (zh) (Āijíyǔ)

• 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
• French: égyptien (fr) m
• Galician: exipcio m
• Georgian: ეგვიპტური (egviṗṭuri)
• German: Ägyptisch (de) n
• Greek: αιγυπτιακά (el) n pl (aigyptiaká)
• 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)
• Malay: bahasa Mesir, Mesir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk m

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn) m

• Polish: egipski (pl)
• 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 c
• Vietnamese: tiếng Ai Cập
• Volapük: Lägüptänapük, (ancient) Vöna-Lägüptänapük

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Egyptian, egy

Anagrams

• aegyptin