Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fayum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: fayum
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Egypt near Lake Moeris.

name

A region of Egypt around the city.

name

A governorate of Egypt containing the city.

Etymology

From Arabic الفَيُّوم (al-Fayyūm), from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: الفَيُّوم, ⲓⲟⲙ, pꜣ ym

Inflected Forms

Fayyum (alternative) Faiyum (alternative) Faioum (alternative) Fayoom (alternative) Fayoum (alternative)

Derived Forms

Fayumian Fayyumic

Phrases

Fayum portrait

Synonyms

Crocodilopolis Arsinoe

Questions

What does fayum mean?: A city in Egypt near Lake Moeris.
Where does fayum come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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