ⲙⲁ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲙⲁⲓ (mai) — Bohairic
ⲙⲉ (me) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic mꜣꜥ (“place”).

Noun

ⲙⲁ • (ma) m

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) place

Related terms

ⲙⲁ- (ma-)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 77
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 153

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