ϣⲏⲏⲗⲓ

Coptic

An Egyptian girl.

Alternative forms

ϣⲉⲣⲓ (šeri) – Bohairic
ϣⲏⲏⲣⲉ (šēēre) – Sahidic
ϣⲉⲣⲉ (šere) – Lycopolitan, Old Coptic
ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ (šeere) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic šrt (“daughter”), from Egyptian šrjt (“girl, daughter”).

Noun

ϣⲏⲏⲗⲓ • (šēēli) f

(Fayyumic) daughter
(Fayyumuc) girl

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 584a–585b

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