ϫⲁⲓⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

Possibly from Egyptian ḏꜥ (“to be desert^?, lay waste”).

T14

N31

G37

Noun

ϫⲁⲓⲉ • (čaie) m

(Sahidic, Akhmimic) desert

Synonyms

ⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ (erēmos)
ⲧⲟⲟⲩ (toou) (Sahidic), ⲧⲱⲟⲩ (tōou) (Bohairic)
ϣⲁϥⲉ (šafe) (Bohairic, Sahidic)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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