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Miṣr (modern) · Égypte · MASR · modern state since 1922
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Ḥwt-kꜣ-Ptḥ → Aigyptos · A temple name of Memphis taken into Greek as the name of the land. A theory, not proven.Open
Aigyptos → Aegyptus · Greek into Latin.Verified
Kemet → Kēme · The same word, km.t, in Coptic, the last stage of Egyptian.Verified
Miṣri → مصر · Akkadian Miṣri to Arabic Miṣr, perhaps through Aramaic. The path is not shown by any one text.Open
Aegyptus → Egypt · Latin into the European languages.Verified
The Koran’s Miṣra = this land?OpenWhat doesn’t add up yet
We have no Egyptian-language text on record that calls the land Miṣr.Their own names were Kemet, then Kēme in Coptic. When did the people themselves start saying Miṣr?Take one on · start a thread →Pharaoh’s own scribes wrote Miṣri in Akkadian.Was it a foreign word they adopted for diplomacy, or a name for only part of the land?Take one on · start a thread →The Koran’s Miṣr has other candidates.Mesra (Algeria) is proposed too. Neither is proven.Take one on · start a thread →Candidate for
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