ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜣlly (“grape, vine”), from Egyptian jꜣrrt (“grape, vine”).[1][2] Compare Old Armenian խաղող (xałoł).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /eˈlaʔali/

Noun
Egyptian relief of grapes

ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ • (elaali) m

  1. (Fayyumic) grape

Alternative forms

References
  1. Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34
  2. Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 41
  3. Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 960, page 64
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