ϩⲁⲗ
Coptic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Demotic ẖl (“boy, servant”, literally “Syrian”).
Noun
ϩⲁⲗ • (hal) m or f
- (Lycopolitan, rare in Sahidic) slave, servant
- Synonym: ϩⲙ̄ϩⲁⲗ (hm̄hal)
Related terms
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 665
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 277