ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ

Coptic

Ritratto da el fayum, pushkin museum

Alternative forms

ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ϩⲱⲟⲩⲧ (hōout) – Bohairic
ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut), ⲉϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (ehaout) – Fayyumic
ϩⲟⲟⲩⲛⲧ (hoount) – Old Coptic
ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ehoout), ⲉⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (eihoout), ⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ihoout), ϩⲉⲟⲩⲧ (heout) – Sahidic
ϩⲉⲩⲧ (heut) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
ϩⲏⲩⲧ (hēut) – Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ḥwt(j) (“man, male”), from Egyptian

(ꜥḥꜣwtj, “fighter, warrior, male”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haou̯t/

Noun

ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ • (haout) m (plural ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (haout))

(Fayyumic) man, male (human or god)
(Fayyumic) man, husband

Adjective

ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ • (haout)

(Fayyumic) male
(Fayyumic) wild

See also

ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 738
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 305

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