ⲁⲗⲟⲗⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜣlly (“grape, vine”), from Egyptian jꜣrrt (“grape, vine”).[1][2] Compare Old Armenian խաղող (xałoł).[3]

Noun

Egyptian glass grapes

ⲁⲗⲟⲗⲓ (aloli) m

(Bohairic) grape

Alternative forms

ⲉⲗⲟⲟⲗⲉ (eloole) – Sahidic
ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲉ (elaale) – Akhmimic
ⲁⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ (alaali), ⲁⲗⲁⲗⲓ (alali), ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ (elaali), ⲓⲗⲁⲗⲓ (ilali) – Fayyumic
ⲉⲗⲁⲗⲉ (elale) – Lycopolitan

Related terms

ⲁϩⲁⲗⲟⲗⲓ (ahaloli) – Bohairic

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 41
de Lagarde, Paul (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 960, page 64

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