𐦧𐦢𐦬𐦡𐦳𐦡

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Meroitic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Egyptian p(ꜣ)-jw-rq (“Philae”, literally “the Island of the Turning”) or its descendant, Demotic p-ꜣlq.

Proper noun[edit]

𐦧𐦢𐦬𐦡𐦳𐦡 (pileqe /piləq/)

  1. Philae

References[edit]

  • Rowan, Kirsty (2006) Meroitic—A Phonological Investigation, Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, page 44
  • Rilly, Claude, de Voogt, Alex (2012) The Meroitic Language and Writing System, New York: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 108
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