Etymology

Bohairic

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Today it means: The Coptic dialect of the western Nile delta and Alexandria, used as a widespread standard dialect in the second millennium CE Full definition →

Arabic بُحَيْرِيّ
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  1. Arabic · calque ofبُحَيْرِيّ“Of the Beheira Governate, from around Lake Mareotis”
  2. English todayBohairic

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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