Coptic
Etymology
From ⲁⲙ- (am-, “clay”) + ⲡⲏⲣϣ (pērš, “red-coloured substance”).
Noun
ⲁⲙⲡⲏⲣϣ • (ampērš) m
- (Sahidic) red clay
- ⲁⲙϩⲁⲧ (amhat, “white clay”)
- ⲁⲙⲧⲱϩ (amtōh, “clay mixed with straw”)
References
- TLA lemma no. C2748 (ⲁⲙⲡⲏⲣϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]