Mahrūsa
Nobiin
editAlternative forms
edit- ⲙⲁϩⲣⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥⲁ (mahro̅u̅sa)
Etymology
editFrom Arabic الْمَحْرُوسَة (al-maḥrūsa, “protected (by God)”). Applied to Cairo and by extension to the whole Egypt.
Proper noun
editMahrūsa
References
edit- Reinisch, Leo (1879) Die Nuba-Sprache, Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 191