ⲫⲣⲱ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲡⲣⲱ (prō) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ⲡⲣⲟⲩ (prou) — Akhmimic
Etymology
From Demotic Egyptian prt (“the season of Emergence”), from Egyptian
(prt, “the season of Emergence”).
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Noun
ⲫⲣⲱ • (phrō) f
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 127
- Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 268