ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Halloumi cheese.

• ⲁⲗⲱⲙ (alōm) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ḥlm (“cheese”). Most likely borrowed from a Semitic language, probably a form similar to *ḥallāmaw; compare Arabic حَلَمَة (ḥalama, “nipple”), but also note Egyptian ẖnmt (“wet-nurse”).

Noun

ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ • (halōm) m

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) cheese

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: حلوم (ḥālūm)
  • → Greek: χαλλούμι (challoúmi)
    • → English: halloumi