ⲫⲣⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲣⲱ (prō) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
• ⲡⲣⲟⲩ (prou) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic prt (“the season of Emergence”), from Egyptian (prt, “the season of Emergence”).

Noun

ⲫⲣⲱ • (phrō) f

1. (Bohairic) winter

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 127
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 268