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Bohairic

Bohairic proper noun: the Coptic dialect of the western Nile delta and Alexandria, used as a widespread standard dialect in the second millennium CE.

Proper noun

Bohairic

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

Synonyms of Bohairic

Origin of Bohairic

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.

Questions about Bohairic

What does Bohairic mean?
Bohairic means the Coptic dialect of the western Nile delta and Alexandria, used as a widespread standard dialect in the second millennium CE.
What part of speech is Bohairic?
Bohairic is a proper noun.

Words near Bohairic in the dictionary

  1. Bohacs
  2. Bohai
  3. Bohai Bay
  4. Bohai Sea
  5. bohaiornithid
  6. Bohairic
  7. Bohall
  8. Bohalls
  9. Bohan
  10. Bohanan
  11. Bohanans

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