ⲁⲫⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms
Egyptian terra cotta head

Etymology
From Demotic ꜥpt (“head”), from Egyptian

(tpt, “head”), originally from a feminine of the nisba adjective tpj (“being on top”), itself derived from tp (“atop, head”).

Noun

ⲁⲫⲉ (aphe) f (plural ⲁⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ)

  1. (Bohairic) head

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 14
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