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bohairic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bo-hair-ic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Coptic dialect of the western Nile delta and Alexandria, used as a widespread standard dialect in the second millennium CE

Etymology

Calque of Arabic بُحَيْرِيّ (buḥayriyy, “Of the Beheira Governate, from around Lake Mareotis”), used to name the dialect in an 11th-century Coptic grammar by Athanasius of Qus.

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

Memphitic

Questions

What does bohairic mean?
The Coptic dialect of the western Nile delta and Alexandria, used as a widespread standard dialect in the second millennium CE
Where does bohairic come from?
Calque of Arabic بُحَيْرِيّ (buḥayriyy, “Of the Beheira Governate, from around Lake Mareotis”), used to name the dialect in an 11th-century Coptic grammar by Athanasius of Qus.

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