ⲁⲗⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm) – Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ḥlm (“cheese”). Most likely borrowed from a Semitic language, probably a form similar to *ḥallāmaw; compare Arabic حَلَمَة‎ (ḥalama, “nipple”), but also note Egyptian ẖnmt (“wet-nurse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈloːm/

Noun

ⲁⲗⲱⲙ • (alōm) m

(Bohairic) cheese

Descendants

→ Egyptian Arabic: حلوم‎ (ḥālūm)
- → Greek: χαλλούμι (challoúmi)
  - → English: halloumi

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 298

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