ⲕⲁϩⲓ

Coptic

The land at Giza, Egypt

The Earth

Pronunciation

(Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaʔhə/
(Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔha/
(Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkahi/

Etymology 1

From Demotic qh (“earth”), from Egyptian qꜣḥ (“earth”).

Alternative forms

ⲕⲁϩ (kah) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ⲕⲉϩⲓ (kehi) — Fayyumic

Noun

ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) m

(Bohairic) earth, land, country
ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲑⲁⲩϣ ― pkahi ǹte niethauš ― the country of the Ethiopians

Proper noun

ⲡⲓⲔⲁϩⲓ • (piKahi) m

(Bohairic) the planet Earth.

Etymology 2

From Demotic qḥ (“district”), from Egyptian qꜥḥt (“district”).

Alternative forms

ⲕⲁϩ (kah) — Sahidic

Noun

ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) f

(Bohairic) district, province
ϯⲕⲁϩϣⲙⲓⲛ ― tikahšmin ― the province of Shmin

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 131
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 67

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