ϣⲁϥⲉ

Coptic

Eastern Desert in Egypt

Etymology

Possibly from Egyptian (ḫꜣft, “a kind of land”).

Noun

ϣⲁϥⲉ • (šafe) m

1. (Bohairic) wilderness
2. (Bohairic) desert

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 261