ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩⲉϩⲓ (ouehi) – Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian

(wḥꜣt).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ • (ouahi) f

(Bohairic) oasis

Descendants

→ Arabic: وَاحَة‎ (wāḥa)
- → Persian: واحه‎
- → Indonesian: wahah
- → Malay: wahah
- → Turkish: vaha
→ Ottoman Turkish: واح‎

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 508

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