ϣⲁϥⲉ
Coptic
Etymology
Possibly from
Egyptian
(
ḫꜣft
,
“
a kind of land
”
)
.
Noun
ϣⲁϥⲉ
• (
šafe
)
m
(
Bohairic
)
wilderness
(
Bohairic
)
desert
References
Černý, Jaroslav
(
1976
)
Coptic Etymological Dictionary
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
page
261