ϣⲁϥⲉ

Coptic

Etymology
From Demotic ḫfꜣ (“bank, dyke”) (compare Greco-Roman Egyptian


(ḫf)), from Egyptian



(ḫfꜣꜣt, “bank, field”).

Noun

ϣⲁϥⲉ (šafe) m

  1. (Bohairic) wilderness
  2. (Bohairic) desert

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 261
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