ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptian birds in a tree

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (hꜥleṱ), from ⁠⁠⁠ (ḥl, “to fly”) from Egyptian (ḥrj, “to become distant, to fly off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): */haˈleːt/

Noun

ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ • (halēt) m (plural (B) ϩⲁⲗⲁϯ (halati) or (S) ϩⲁⲗⲁⲁⲧⲉ (halaate) or (A) ϩⲁⲗⲉⲉⲧⲉ (haleete) or (F) ϩⲁⲗⲉϯ (haleti))

1. bird
2. hen

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 671-672
• Westendorf, Wolfhart (1965–1977) Koptisches Handwörterbuch, first edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, page 368
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 296