ⲕⲁϩⲓ
Coptic
Pronunciation
- (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈkʼaʔhə/
- (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈkaʔha/
- (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈkahi/
Etymology 1
From Demotic qh (“earth”), from Egyptian qꜣḥ (“earth”).
Alternative forms
Noun
ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) m
- (Bohairic) earth, land, country
- ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲑⲁⲩϣ ― pkahi ǹte niethauš ― the country of the Ethiopians
Proper noun
ⲡⲓⲔⲁϩⲓ • (piKahi) m
Etymology 2
From Demotic qḥ (“district”), from Egyptian qꜥḥt (“district”).
Alternative forms
Noun
ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) f
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 131
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 67