ⲉⲡⲏⲡ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian

(jpj-jpj); compare Ancient Greek Ἐπιφί (Epiphí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */əˈpiːp/
  • (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): */æˈpip, æˈbib/

Proper noun

ⲉⲡⲏⲡ • (epēp) m

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) November (eleventh month of the coptic calendar)

Descendants

  • → Ge'ez: አቢብ (ʾäbib)

See also

Egyptian calendar months (Bohairic): ⲛⲓⲁⲃⲟⲧ (niabot)edit

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 57b
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37
  • TLA lemma no. C691 (ⲉⲡⲏⲡ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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