ⳉϫⲁⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣϫⲏⲛ (ščēn) — Sahidic
• ϣϭⲏⲛ (šcēn) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ḫḏn, from Egyptian (ḫṯn, “garlic”).

Noun

ⳉϫⲁⲛ • (xčan) m

1. (Oxyrhynchite) garlic

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 615b
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 263