ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ

Coptic

Ritratto da el fayum, pushkin museum

Alternative forms

• ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
• ϩⲱⲟⲩⲧ (hōout) — Bohairic
• ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut), ⲉϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (ehaout) — Fayyumic
• ϩⲟⲟⲩⲛⲧ (hoount) — Old Coptic
• ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ehoout), ⲉⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (eihoout), ⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ihoout), ϩⲉⲟⲩⲧ (heout) — Sahidic
• ϩⲉⲩⲧ (heut) — Sahidic, Akhmimic
• ϩⲏⲩⲧ (hēut) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ḥwt(j) (“man, male”), from Egyptian (ꜥḥꜣwtj, “fighter, warrior, male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haou̯t/

Noun

ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ • (haout) m (plural ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (haout))

1. (Fayyumic) man, male (human or god)
2. (Fayyumic) man, husband

Adjective

ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ • (haout)

1. (Fayyumic) male
2. (Fayyumic) wild

See also

• ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 738
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 305