ⲃⲱ

Coptic

Etymology

Cyperus papyrus bushes in Egypt

From Demotic b (/⁠*βoːʔ⁠/, “bush”), from Egyptian bꜣt (/⁠*ˈbaːʀat⁠/, “bush, especially Cyperus papyrus”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /woː, βoː/ (Late Bohairic)

Noun

ⲃⲱ • (bō) f

(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Bohairic, Fayyumic) bush
(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Bohairic, Fayyumic) tree

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 20

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