ⲁϧⲱⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

Imperial eagle in Giza, Egypt

From Demotic ꜥẖm (“divine image, falcon”), from Egyptian ꜥẖm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed Classical Coptic) /aˈxoːm/

Noun

ⲁ̀ϧⲱⲙ • (àxōm) m

1. (Bohairic) eagle

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲡⲁϧⲱⲙ (paxōm)
  • Greek: Παχώμιος (Pachómios)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN