Neo-Middle Egyptian

proper noun

The form of Middle Egyptian archaizingly used as a literary language after the vernacular language had changed into Late Egyptian, and later Demotic and Coptic.

Similar
Traditional Egyptian
OriginGerman Neo-Mittelägyptisch →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historyThe form of Middle Egyptian archaizingly used as a literary language after the vernacular language had changed into Late Egyptian, and later Demotic and Coptic.

    Synonyms: Traditional Egyptian

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe form of Middle Egyptian archaizingly used as a literary language after the vernacular language had changed into Late Egyptian, and later Demotic and Coptic.

Similar
Traditional Egyptian
Also see
late middle egyptiantraditional egyptian

Origin

  1. GermanNeo-Mittelägyptisch
  2. EnglishNeo-Middle Egyptian

Calque of German Neo-Mittelägyptisch.

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Translations

French égyptien de tradition
  • égyptien de traditionNeo-Middle Egyptian
German Neo-Mittelägyptisch, Neomittelägyptisch
  • Neo-MittelägyptischNeo-Middle Egyptian
  • NeomittelägyptischNeo-Middle Egyptian
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APA

Neo-Middle Egyptian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Neo-Middle%20Egyptian

MLA

“Neo-Middle Egyptian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Neo-Middle%20Egyptian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Neo-Middle Egyptian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Neo-Middle%20Egyptian.

Source: Neo-Middle Egyptian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.