ⲕⲁϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms
Egyptian Scribe's reeds

Etymology
From Demotic gš (“rush”), from Egyptian

(gꜣš, “rush”).

Noun

ⲕⲁϣ (kaš) m

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) reed, rush, particularly Saccharum aegypticum
  2. (Bohairic, Sahidic) pencil

References
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 130
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 66
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