ϩⲙϩⲉⲗ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⳉⲙⳉⲁⲗ (xmxal) — Akhmimic
• ϩⲙ̄ϩⲁⲗ (hm̄hal) — Sahidic

Etymology

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

Noun

ϩⲙϩⲉⲗ • (hmhel) m or f (plural ϩⲙϩⲉⲗ (hmhel))

1. (Fayyumic) 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