ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic sšn (“lotus”), from Egyptian

(zšn, “lotus flower”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /ˈʃoːʃən/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /ˈʃuʃan/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ˈʃoʃen/

Noun

ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ • (šōšen) m (plural ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ (šōšen))

(Bohairic) lily, waterlily, lotus

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 260
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 608

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