ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptian birds in a tree

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (hꜥleṱ), from ⁠⁠⁠ (ḥl, “to fly”) from Egyptian

(ḥrj, “to become distant, to fly off”).

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haˈleːt/

Noun

ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ • (halēt) f (plural ϩⲁⲗⲁϯ (halati) or ϩⲁⲗⲁⲁⲧⲉ (halaate))

(Bohairic, Sahidic) bird
(Bohairic, Sahidic) hen

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280

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