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Traditional Egyptian

Traditional Egyptian proper noun: synonym of Neo-Middle Egyptian.

Proper noun

Traditional Egyptian

  1. Synonym of Neo-Middle Egyptian.
    • The principal concern of those who are interested in the texts of this period is the varying, and with time increasing, extent of the deviation of their language from Traditional Egyptian.2002, László Török, The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art: The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 BC—300 AD, page 331
    • Monumental texts, in particular, tend to be composed in a more elevated and traditional register termed “Neo-Middle Egyptian” or “Traditional Egyptian (égyptien de tradition).” Biographical texts participate in this linguistic proliferation in complex ways, from the formal texts of Bakenkhons (no....2007, Elizabeth Frood, Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt, page 16

Synonyms of Traditional Egyptian

Origin of Traditional Egyptian

Calque of French égyptien de tradition.

Questions about Traditional Egyptian

What does Traditional Egyptian mean?
Traditional Egyptian means synonym of Neo-Middle Egyptian.
What part of speech is Traditional Egyptian?
Traditional Egyptian is a proper noun.

Words near Traditional Egyptian in the dictionary

  1. traditional climber
  2. traditional climbing
  3. traditional counties
  4. traditional county
  5. traditional dry red
  6. Traditional Egyptian
  7. traditional grip
  8. traditional jazz
  9. Traditional Latin Mass
  10. Traditional Latin Masses
  11. traditional marriage

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