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Egyptian

[ ih-jip-shuhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Egypt or its people:

    Egyptian architecture.

  2. Obsolete. of or relating to the Roma, a traditionally nomadic ethnic group.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt.
  2. the extinct Afroasiatic language of the ancient Egyptians. : Egypt.
  3. a printing type having square serifs.

Egyptian

/ ɪˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture
  3. (of type) having square slab serifs
  4. archaic.
    of or relating to the Gypsies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt
  2. a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium bc
  3. the extinct language of the ancient Egyptians, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the earliest of which date from before 3000 bc. It was extinct by the fourth century ad See also Coptic
  4. a large size of drawing paper
  5. an archaic name for a Gypsy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·پ-··پ adjective noun
  • ··پ··ٲ [ee-jip-, tis, -i-tee], ··پ· noun
  • ԴDz-··پ adjective noun
  • -··پ adjective noun
  • ·-··پ adjective noun
  • ٰԲ-··پ adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Egyptian1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English Egipcien, Egipcian, Gypcian, from Old French egyptien, egipcien; replacing Middle English Egiptish, Old English Egiptisc, Egyptisc, Ægiptisc
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A sergeant who has been listed as a defendant in several suits, Ashraf “Andy” Hanna, took his own legal action against the city, claiming he was discriminated against because of his Egyptian heritage.

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Khalil al-Hayyam, the most senior Hamas leader outside Gaza, said the group had approved the draft deal sent by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.

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Egyptian authorities have questioned the crew of a tourist submarine which sank in the Red Sea killing six of the 45 passengers on board.

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Five Egyptian crew members were also on board.

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“The rhetoric and the practice of the Egyptian government when it comes to the war — the ethnic cleansing, the genocide — are of course very distant from their practices.”

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