▪ Corriente2008: (EgAr
mirīsī :) (following Bishai1964) from Copt
marēs ‘country of the south, southern region’
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(
ma ‘country’ +
rēs ‘south’ (cf. Eg
ʕ-rs.j ‘southern province; Upper Egypt’ – ThLAeg)
▪ Dozy1881 thinks that also the ↗
marīsaẗ type of beer takes its name from the
marēs region. But cf.
s.v. for other etymologies.