ⲕⲁⲩⲕⲟⲥ

Coptic

Qansuh II al-Ghawri, a Caucasian who ruled Egypt from 1501 to 1516

Alternative forms

ⲕⲁⲩⲭⲓⲟⲥ (kaukhios) – Bohairic
ⲭⲁⲩⲕⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ (khaukianos) – Sahidic

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).

Noun

ⲕⲁⲩⲕⲟⲥ • (kaukos) m

(Bohairic) Caucasian, a native of the Caucasus
ⲛϫⲉ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲕⲁⲩⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲓϫⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ― nče kuros pikaukos pičači ǹte methmēi niben ― namely, Cyrus the Caucasian, the enemy of every righteousness

Adjective

ⲕⲁⲩⲕⲟⲥ • (kaukos)

(Bohairic) Caucasian

References

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 91

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