Mahrūsa

Nobiin

Alternative forms
  • ⲙⲁϩⲣⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥⲁ (mahro̅u̅sa)

Etymology

From Arabic الْمَحْرُوسَة (al-maḥrūsa, “protected (by God)”). Applied to Cairo and by extension to the whole Egypt.

Proper noun

Mahrūsa

  1. Egypt (a country)
    Synonym: Másser (Egypt)
  2. Cairo (the capital of Egypt)

References
  • Reinisch, Leo (1879) Die Nuba-Sprache, Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 191
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