ϩⲙϩⲁⲗ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⳉⲙⳉⲁⲗ (xmxal) — Akhmimic
• ϩⲙϩⲉⲗ (hmhel) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ḫm-ẖl (“boy”, literally “small Syrian”); the second morpheme is ϩⲁⲗ (hal).

Noun

ϩⲙ̄ϩⲁⲗ • (hm̄hal) m or f (plural ϩⲙ̄ϩⲁⲗ (hm̄hal))

1. (Sahidic) slave, servant

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 665
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 278