Egyptian

Syllables: Egypt·ianUK/ɪˈd͡ʒɪpʃn̩//əˈd͡ʒɪpʃən/

Egyptian adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

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Adjective

Egyptian (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Noun

Egyptian (plural Egyptians)

A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
(dated) A gypsy.
- The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang)

Proper noun

Egyptian

The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

Synonyms:

Ancient Egyptian
The modern Egyptian Arabic language.

Egyptian meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Egyptian in Hindi

of, from, or pertaining to Egypt: मिस्री misrī
of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians: मिस्री misrī
person from Egypt: मिस्री misrī
language: मिस्री misrī

Egyptian in Marathi

of, from, or pertaining to Egypt: इजिप्शियन ijipśiyan
of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians: इजिप्शियन ijipśiyan
person from Egypt: इजिप्शियन ijipśiyan

Egyptian in Urdu

Egyptian: مصری misrī

Egyptian in Bengali

of, from, or pertaining to Egypt: মিশরীয় miśoriẏo
of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians: মিশরীয় miśoriẏo
person from Egypt: মিশরীয় miśoriẏo
language: মিশরীয় miśoriẏo

More languagesFewer languages

Egyptian in Gujarati: મિસરી misrī
Egyptian in Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
Egyptian in Arabic: مِصْرِيّ miṣriyy, مِصْرِيَّة miṣriyya, مَصْرِيَّة maṣriyya
Egyptian in Malay: Mesir, orang Mesir, bahasa Mesir
Egyptian in Persian: مصری mesri
Egyptian in Thai: อียิปต์ ii-yìp
Egyptian in Vietnamese: Ai Cập, người Ai Cập, tiếng Ai Cập
Egyptian in Myanmar: အီဂျစ် igyac

Synonyms of Egyptian

Ancient Egyptian

Forms of Egyptian

Adjective
alternative form (obsolete)	Aegiptian
alternative form (obsolete)	Ægiptian
alternative form (obsolete)	Ægyptian
Noun
plural	Egyptians

Origin of Egyptian

From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.

Words formed from Egyptian

Questions about Egyptian

What does Egyptian mean?: Egyptian means of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
What is Egyptian in Hindi?: Egyptian in Hindi is मिस्री (misrī). See Egyptian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Egyptian?: Egyptian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Egyptian?: Egyptian is pronounced /ɪˈd͡ʒɪpʃn̩/ (UK).

Words near Egyptian in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: Egyptian (page history and authors); مصری (Urdu) (page history and authors); મિસરી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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