ⲁⲓⲁⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From Egyptian ꜥꜣ (“to become great”).

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈjɑj/ (Late Bohairic)

Verb

ⲁⲓⲁⲓ • (aiai) (intransitive)

to increase in size
to advance in age

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 2
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23

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