ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ

Coptic

Mars

Etymology

From Demotic mlẖ. The orthography is influenced by Μολόχ (Molókh, “Moloch, a god of Moabites and Ammonites”). Vycichl reconstructs the proper Coptic from as *ⲙⲁⲗⲱϧ (*malōx).

Proper noun

ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ • (molokh) m

1. (Bohairic) the planet Mars.
2. (Bohairic) the god Moloch.

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 111