Az-Zainiya (
Arabic: الزينيه,
Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲗⲥⲉⲗpi-Solsel "the adornment") is a name given to two villages in the
Luxor Governorate,
Egypt – az-Zainiya Bahari (
Arabic: الزينيه بحري,
Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲗⲥⲉⲗ ⲡⲉⲙϩⲓⲧpi-Solsel Pemhit) and az-Zainiya Qibli (
Arabic: الزينيه قبلي,
Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲗⲥⲉⲗ ⲫⲣⲏⲥpi-Solsel Phres). The two villages were one of the last places where a colloquial Coptic language was spoken.[1][failed verification]
References
^Worrell, Vycichl (1937). "Popular traditions of the Coptic language". The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. 54 (1/4): 1–11.
doi:
10.1086/370517.
JSTOR529250.
S2CID170527828.
Az-Zainiya (
Arabic: الزينيه,
Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲗⲥⲉⲗpi-Solsel "the adornment") is a name given to two villages in the
Luxor Governorate,
Egypt – az-Zainiya Bahari (
Arabic: الزينيه بحري,
Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲗⲥⲉⲗ ⲡⲉⲙϩⲓⲧpi-Solsel Pemhit) and az-Zainiya Qibli (
Arabic: الزينيه قبلي,
Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲗⲥⲉⲗ ⲫⲣⲏⲥpi-Solsel Phres). The two villages were one of the last places where a colloquial Coptic language was spoken.[1][failed verification]
References
^Worrell, Vycichl (1937). "Popular traditions of the Coptic language". The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. 54 (1/4): 1–11.
doi:
10.1086/370517.
JSTOR529250.
S2CID170527828.