ⲁⲗⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Halloumi cheese.

• ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ḥlm (“cheese”). Most likely borrowed from a Semitic language, probably a form similar to *ḥallāmaw; compare Arabic حَلَمَة (ḥalama, “nipple”), but also note Egyptian ẖnmt (“wet-nurse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈloːm/

Noun

ⲁⲗⲱⲙ • (alōm) m

1. (Bohairic) cheese

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: حلوم (ḥālūm)
  • → Greek: χαλλούμι (challoúmi)
    • → English: halloumi

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 298