ⲉϫⲱⲣϩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Ancient Egyptian temple at night, Luxor, Egypt

ϭⲱⲣϩ (cōrh) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
ϭⲱⲣⲁϩ (cōrah) – Sahidic
ϫⲱⲣϩ (čōrh) – Bohairic, Old Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic grḥ, from Egyptian grḥ (“night”),

Pronunciation

(Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /əˈt͡ʃʼoːɾh/
(Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /aˈɟuɾh/
(Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /eˈɡor(h)/

Noun

ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲣϩ • (èčōrh) m

(Bohairic) night

References

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

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