Egyptian
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Egyptian/ɪˈʤɪpʃ(ə)n/
▶noun
- 1 a native of ancient or modern Egypt, or a person of Egyptian descent.
- 2 the Afro-Asiatic language used in ancient Egypt, represented in its oldest stages by hieroglyphic inscriptions.
– derivatives
Egyptianization (or Egyptianisation) noun,
Egyptianize (or Egyptianise) verb.
Egyptianization (or Egyptianisation) noun,
Egyptianize (or Egyptianise) verb.
'Egyptian' also found in these Oxford entries:
ankh
- asp
- baba ganoush
- barge
- Canopic jar
- cartouche
- cobra
- colossus
- Copt
- cycad
- demotic
- doum palm
- falafel
- fellah
- gippy tummy
- gum
- Gypsy
- halloumi
- Hamitic
- hieratic
- hieroglyph
- ichneumon
- jibba
- ka
- loofah
- mastaba
- mosque
- Nizari
- Passover
- pharaoh
- pylon
- scarab
- shadoof
- shisha
- Sothic
- sphinx
- tarboosh
- Theban
- uraeus
