ⳉⲁⲁⲣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲁⲣ (šar) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ϣⲁⲁⲣ (šaar) — Sahidic
• ϣⲉⲉⲗ (šeel), ϣⲉⲉⲣ (šeer), ϣⲉⲣ (šer), ϣⲉⲣⲓ (šeri) — Fayyumic
• ϣⲁⲣⲉ (šare) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ḫꜥr (“skin, leather”), from Egyptian (ḫꜥr, “leather”).

Noun

ⳉⲁⲁⲣⲉ • (xaare) m

1. (Sahidic) skin, leather, parchment?

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 250
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 582