ⲕⲁϩⲓ

Coptic

The land at Giza, Egypt

The Earth

Pronunciation

• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaʔhə/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔha/
• (Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkahi/

Etymology 1

From Demotic qh (“earth”), from Egyptian qꜣḥ (“earth”).

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲁϩ (kah) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
• ⲕⲉϩⲓ (kehi) — Fayyumic

Noun

ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) m

1. (Bohairic) earth, land, country

   ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲑⲁⲩϣ ― pkahi ǹte niethauš ― the country of the Ethiopians

Proper noun

ⲡⲓⲔⲁϩⲓ • (piKahi) m

1. (Bohairic) the planet Earth.

Etymology 2

From Demotic qḥ (“district”), from Egyptian qꜥḥt (“district”).

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲁϩ (kah) — Sahidic

Noun

ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) f

1. (Bohairic) district, province

   ϯⲕⲁϩϣⲙⲓⲛ ― tikahšmin ― the province of Shmin

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 131
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 67