# Egyptian
## English
### Alternative forms

* Ægyptian (archaic)
* Ægiptian, Aegiptian (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

Egyptian (not comparable)
* Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

#### Derived terms

* anti-Egyptian
* Egyptian bean
* Egyptian cotton
* Egyptian cross
* Egyptian darkness
* Egyptianness
* Egyptian privet
* Egyptian thorn
* Upper Egyptian Arabic

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Noun

Egyptian (plural Egyptians)
* A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
* (dated) A gypsy.
** 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 457: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.
** 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang):
    I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

#### Derived terms

* Balkan Egyptian
* Egyptian vulture
* Lower Egyptian
* Upper Egyptian
* walk like an Egyptian

#### Translations

Afrikaans: Egiptenaar, Egiptenare pl
Albanian: egjiptian (sq) m
Arabic: مِصْرِيّ (ar) (miṣriyy), مِصْرِيَّة f (miṣriyya)
Egyptian Arabic: مصرى m (maṣri), مصرية f (maṣriyya)
Moroccan Arabic: مصري (miṣri)
Armenian: եգիպտոսցի (egiptoscʻi), եգիպտացի (egiptacʻi)
Asturian: exipciu (ast) m, exipcianu (ast) m, exipcia (ast) f, exipciana (ast) f
Azerbaijani: misirli
Belarusian: егіпця́нін m (jehipcjánin), егіпця́нка f (jehipcjánka)
Bengali: মিশরীয় (bn) (miśoriẏo)
Bulgarian: египтя́нин (bg) m (egiptjánin)
Catalan: egipcià (ca) m, egipciana (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 埃及人 (zh) (Āijírén)
Czech: Egypťan (cs) m
Danish: egypter (da) m
Dutch: Egyptenaar (nl) m
Egyptian: (rmṯ n kmt m)
Esperanto: egipto (eo)
Estonian: egiptlane (et)
Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
French: Égyptien (fr), Égyptienne (fr), Egyptien (fr) m, Egyptienne
Middle French: Aegyptien m, Aegyptienne f
Galician: exipcio m, exipcia f
Georgian: ეგვიპტელი (egviṗṭeli)
German: Ägypter (de) m, Ägypterin (de) f
Greek: Αιγύπτιος (el) m (Aigýptios), Αιγύπτια (el) f (Aigýptia)
Ancient: Αἰγύπτιος m (Aigúptios), Αἰγύπτια f (Aigúptia)
Mycenaean: 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo)
Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
Hebrew: מִצְרִי (he) m (mitsrí)
Hindi: मिसरी (hi) m (misrī)
Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
Icelandic: Egypti, Egyptar
Irish: Éigipteach m
Italian: egiziano (it) m, egiziaco m, egiziana (it) f, egiziani (it) m pl, egiziane (it) f pl
Japanese: エジプト人 (ejiputojin)
Korean: 이집트인 (ijipteu'in), 이집트 사람 (ijipteu saram)
Latin: aegyptius m, aegyptia f, aegyptiacus m, aegyptiaca f
Latvian: ēģiptietis m, ēģiptiete f
Lithuanian: egiptietis (lt) m
Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir (ms)
Marathi: इजिप्शियन (ijipśiyan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: egypter (no) m
Nynorsk: egyptar (nn) m
Old English: Egyptisċ
Polish: Egipcjanin (pl) m, Egipcjanka (pl) f
Portuguese: egípcio (pt) m, egípcia (pt) f, egipciano (pt) m, egipciana f
Romanian: egiptean (ro) m, egipteană (ro) f, egipteancă (ro) f
Russian: египтя́нин (ru) m (jegiptjánin), египтя́нка (ru) f (jegiptjánka)
Serbo-Croatian: Ѐгипћанин m, Египћанка f
Roman: Ègipćanin m, Ègipćānka f
Slovak: Egypťan (sk) m, Egypťanka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Egyptaŕ m, Egyptaŕka f
Spanish: egipcio (es) m, egipcia (es) f, egipciano m, egipciana f
Swahili: Mmisri (sw)
Swedish: egyptier (sv) m, egyptiska (sv) f
Tooro: Omunyamisiri class 1, Omumisiri class 1
Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
Uyghur: مىسىرلىق (misirliq)
Uzbek: misrlik (uz)
Vietnamese: người Ai Cập
Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänan (vo), (♂) hi-Lägüptänan, (♀) ji-Lägüptänan
Welsh: Eifftiwr m, Eifftiad m, Eifftes f
Yiddish: מיצרי m (mitsri), מיצרית f (mitsris) :

### Proper noun

Egyptian
* The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
    Synonym: Ancient Egyptian

#### Related terms

* Egypt
* Late Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Old Egyptian

#### Translations

Arabic: مِصْرِيَّة f (miṣriyya), مَصْرِيَّة f (maṣriyya)
Asturian: exipciu (ast) m
Bengali: মিশরীয় (bn) (miśoriẏo)
Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
Catalan: egipcià (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 埃及語 / 埃及语 (zh) (Āijíyǔ)
Coptic: ⲁⲓⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛ (aiguptiakon)
Cornish: Ejyptek m
Czech: egyptština (cs) f
Dutch: Egyptisch (nl) n
Egyptian: (r n kmt m), (mdwt kmt f pl), (mdt rmṯ n kmt f)
Finnish: egypti (fi)
French: égyptien (fr) m
Galician: exipcio m
Georgian: ეგვიპტური (egviṗṭuri)
German: Ägyptisch (de) n
Greek: αιγυπτιακά (el) n pl (aigyptiaká)
Ancient Greek: Αἰγυπτιακή (Aiguptiakḗ)
Hebrew: מצרית (mitsrit)
Hindi: मिसरी (hi) f (misrī)
Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
Icelandic: egypska f
Irish: Éigiptis f
Italian: egizio (it) m, lingua egizia f
Japanese: エジプト語 (Ejiputo-go)
Latin: lingua aegyptia f, lingua aegyptiaca f
Malay: bahasa Mesir, Mesir (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: egyptisk m
Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn) m
Old English: Egyptisċ n
Polish: egipski (pl) m
Portuguese: egípcio (pt) m
Romanian: egipteană (ro) f
Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: египатски језик m
Roman: ègipatskī jèzik (sh) m
Spanish: egipcio (es) m
Swahili: Kimisri
Swedish: egyptiska (sv) c, fornegyptiska (sv) c
Ukrainian: єги́петська мо́ва f (jehýpetsʹka móva)
Vietnamese: tiếng Ai Cập
Volapük: Lägüptänapük, (ancient) Vöna-Lägüptänapük
Welsh: Eiffteg f :

### Further reading

* Ethnologue entry for Egyptian, egy ⁠

### Anagrams

* aegyptin