ⲁϥ
Coptic
Derived terms
- ⲥⲁⲛⲁϥ (sanaf)
Etymology 2
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Egyptian jerboal and spectacle fly
From Demotic ꜥf (“fly”), from Egyptian ꜥfj (“fly, bee”), from earlier ꜥff (“fly”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ðuṗṗ. Ultimately cognate with Hebrew זבוב, Akkadian 𒉏 (zumbu, zubbu, dubbum).
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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