ⲃⲱⲕ

Coptic

Egyptian slaves

Etymology

From Demotic (bk, “servant”), from Egyptian
(bꜣk, “servant”).

Noun

ⲃⲱⲕ • (bōk) m

(Bohairic, Fayyumic) (male) servant, (male) slave

Coordinate terms

ⲃⲱⲕⲓ (bōki)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21

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