"great house", via Hebrew and Greek) The etymological root of "Egypt" is the same as Copts, ultimately from the Late Egyptian name of Memphis, Hikuptah, a continuation of Middle Egyptian (lit. "temple of the ka (soul) of Ptah"). See also Altägyptisches Wörterbuch Ancient Egyptian literature Coptic language Demotic Egyptian Egyptian Arabic Egyptian hieroglyphs Egyptian numerals Hieratic Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian Notes References Bibliography Literature Overviews Allen, James P., The Ancient Egyptian Language: An Historical Study, Cambridge University Press, 2013. (hardback), (paperback). Loprieno, Antonio, Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 1995. (hardback), (paperback). Peust, Carsten, Egyptian phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Peust & Gutschmidt, 1999. (PDF online). Vergote, Jozef, "Problèmes de la «Nominalbildung» en égyptien", Chronique d'Égypte 51 (1976), pp. 261–285. Vycichl, Werner, La Vocalisation de la Langue Égyptienne, IFAO, Cairo, 1990. . Grammars Allen, James P., Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, first edition, Cambridge University Press, 1999. (hardback) (paperback). Borghouts, Joris F., Egyptian: An Introduction to the Writing and Language of the Middle Kingdom, two vols., Peeters, 2010. (paperback). Collier, Mark, and Manley, Bill, How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, British Museum Press () and University of California Press (), both 1998. Gardiner, Sir Alan H., Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, Griffith Institute, Oxford, 3rd ed. 1957. . Hoch, James E., Middle Egyptian Grammar, Benben Publications, Mississauga, 1997. . Selden, Daniel L., Hieroglyphic Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Literature of the Middle Kingdom, University of California Press, 2013. (hardback). Dictionaries Erman, Adolf and Grapow, Hermann, Das Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 1992. (paperback), (reference vols. 1–5). Faulkner, Raymond O., A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Griffith Institute, Oxford, 1962. (hardback). Lesko, Leonard H., A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, 2nd ed., 2 vols., B. C. Scribe Publications, Providence, 2002 et 2004. (vol.1), (vol. 2). Shennum, David, English-Egyptian Index of Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Undena Publications, 1977. . Bonnamy, Yvonne and Sadek, Ashraf-Alexandre, Dictionnaire des hiéroglyphes: Hiéroglyphes-Français, Actes Sud, Arles, 2010. . Vycichl, Werner, Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Peeters, Leuven, 1984. . , Vocalised Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian, SAIS, London, 2016. . [Free PDF download: https://www.academia.edu/24283355/Vocalised_Dictionary_of_Ancient_Egyptian] Online dictionaries The Beinlich Wordlist, an online searchable dictionary of ancient Egyptian words (translations are in German). Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, an online service available