ⲓⲁⲣⲟ
Coptic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). By surface analysis, ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) + ⲟ (o, “great”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /jaˈɾoʔ/
- (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /jaˈɾuʔ/, /jæˈɾuʔ/
- (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈjaro/
Noun
ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (iaro) m (plural ⲓⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ (iarōou))
Proper noun
ⲫ̀ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (ph̀iaro) m
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN