EGYPT

It is quite difficult to understand what the original pronunciation of "Egypt" was, since the name is written differently in different languages.

The Greek and English versions ("Αἴγυπτος" and "Egypt") do not contain an explicitly dropped vowel between "p" and "t", unlike the Russian name. While the Russian version "Египет" (Egipet) does not treat upsilon as the sound [u]. Putting the three names together, we can assume that the correct version is "Egupet", concealing in itself the Kartvelian "Egupeti", "the country of the egupi".

The meaning of the root becomes clear when we oppose two Greek cognate words: Αἴγυπτος (Eguptos, Egypt) and Αἰγυπιός (Egoupios, vulture). It turns out to be "the country of vultures". Those who doubt should look at the Egyptian flag, which depicts a vulture, a sacred bird for the Egyptians, symbolizing the goddess Nekhbet. This is far from being the only kartvelism of Ancient Egypt. For example, look at the name of one of the ancient Egyptian characters in Herodotus' "History" named Patarbemis. The fact is that both of his roots - "patara" and "bemi" - are absolutely Georgian. The word "patara" is translated as "small", and "bemi" - "class", "rank". That is, "patarbemis" is the genitive case of "patarbemi", translated as "of small rank" (compare to "patarkatsi" in the surname Patarkatsishvili).