Egyptian

adjectivenounproper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɪˈd͡ʒɪpʃn̩//
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//iˈd͡ʒɪpʃən//

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

adjective

1
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Etymology

From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.

noun

1
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
2
datedA gypsy.
The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.
I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

proper noun

1
The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
2
The modern Egyptian Arabic language.

Forms

plural: Egyptians

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Egyptian · Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

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