ϫⲟⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϫⲁⲓ (čai) — Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
• ϫⲟⲉⲓ (čoei) — Sahidic
• ϫⲁⲉⲓ (čaei) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ḏj (“boat, ship”), from Egyptian ḏꜣy (“riverboat”).

Noun

ϫⲟⲓ • (čoi) m (plural (S) ⲉϫⲏⲩ (ečēu) or (B) ⲉϫⲏⲟⲩ (ečēou))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) boat, ship

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 754
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN