Save Type Country Usage Arabic, Pashto, Urdu Scripts مصر(Arabic, Pashto, Urdu) Pronounced Pron. MEESR(Arabic) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From a Semitic root possibly meaning "border". This is the Arabic, Pashto and Urdu name for the country of Egypt. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantMasr(Arabic (Egyptian)) Other Languages & CulturesMisri(Akkadian) Mitzrayim(Biblical Hebrew) Mitzrayim(Hebrew) Mesr(Persian) Mısır(Turkish)