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Coptic toponym of #World_Elephant_Day!
The #Coptic name for the island of Elephantine
on the Upper Nile is β²β²β² or β²β²β²β² (π)πͺΔπ£, probably pronounced /je(Λ)Ξ²/.
The name of this island has been attested from very early on, represented by #Egyptian κ£π£πΈ ('elephant').
The #Coptic name for the island of Elephantine
on the Upper Nile is β²β²β² or β²β²β²β² (π)πͺΔπ£, probably pronounced /je(Λ)Ξ²/.The name of this island has been attested from very early on, represented by #Egyptian κ£π£πΈ ('elephant').
So, even back in the Middle Kingdom, there was some association of the name of the island with "elephant".
Linguists reconstruct the pronunciation of early Middle Egyptian κ£π£πΈ as */ΛΚuΛbaw/, from which Coptic /je(Λ)Ξ²/ is a more-or-less regular derivation β the reading ...
Linguists reconstruct the pronunciation of early Middle Egyptian κ£π£πΈ as */ΛΚuΛbaw/, from which Coptic /je(Λ)Ξ²/ is a more-or-less regular derivation β the reading ...
... /Κ-/ for κ£- being motivated by some Afro-Asiatic comparative evidence. Alternatively, there is the possibility that Egyptian κ£π£πΈ is related to Chadic *ππ¦π£- words for 'elephant', e.g., Tangale ππ’π£π’π΅π’.
In any case, both English πͺπ·π°π³πΊ and π¦ππ¦π±π©π’π―π΅ ...
In any case, both English πͺπ·π°π³πΊ and π¦ππ¦π±π©π’π―π΅ ...
... may be related Egyptian root through Mediterranean intermediaries.
English πͺπ·π°π³πΊ can be traced back to Latin α΄Κα΄ Κ π¦π£πΆπ³ (via Anglo-Norman French), itself a loan from Demotic πΊπ£ (< earlier Egyptian κ£π£πΈ).
English π¦ππ¦π±π©π’π―π΅ is a loan from ...
English πͺπ·π°π³πΊ can be traced back to Latin α΄Κα΄ Κ π¦π£πΆπ³ (via Anglo-Norman French), itself a loan from Demotic πΊπ£ (< earlier Egyptian κ£π£πΈ).
English π¦ππ¦π±π©π’π―π΅ is a loan from ...
... Greek αΌΞ»ΞΟαΎ±Ο π¦πΓ©π±Κ°Δπ΄, the first half of which is usually taken to be partly a loan from Berber *π¦αΈ·πΆ (cf. Tamasheq β΄°β΅β΅ π’ππΆ), and the second part possibly from Egyptian κ£π£πΈ (but see also Sanskrit ΰ€ΰ€ πͺπ£Κ°π’).
I am not sure why none of the sources I ...
I am not sure why none of the sources I ...
... have access to relate Berber *π¦αΈ·πΆ to Chadic *ππ¦π£- given that the consonants seem to match and they agree on meaning, but I'm sure there's a good reason for that.
The modern Egyptian Arabic name of Elephantine Ψ¬Ψ²ΩΨ±Ψ© Ψ§ΩΩΩΨͺΩΩ ππ’π»Δ«π³π’π΅ πͺπ-ππ’π―π΅Δ«π― ...
The modern Egyptian Arabic name of Elephantine Ψ¬Ψ²ΩΨ±Ψ© Ψ§ΩΩΩΨͺΩΩ ππ’π»Δ«π³π’π΅ πͺπ-ππ’π―π΅Δ«π― ...
... ('Elephantine Island ') is a loan from Greek αΌΞ»Ξ΅ΟΞ±Ξ½ΟΞ―Ξ½Ξ· πππ¦π±Κ°π’π―π΅Γπ―Δ with, what looks to me like, the Greek initial syllable π¦π- having been re-bracketed as the Arabic definite article!!
