Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
bjꜣ (“metal”) + n(j) (“of”) + pt (“sky”), thus ‘metal of the sky’.
Pronunciation[edit]
m
- meteoric iron
Descendants[edit]
- Demotic: bnpy
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲃⲁⲛⲓⲡⲉ (banipe)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ (benipi)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ (benipi)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ (benipe)
References[edit]
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 126