ⲙϫⲱⲗ

Coptic

Etymology
Egyptian onion

From Demotic mḏl. A late borrowing from Semitic, compare Arabic بصل‎ (baṣal), Aramaic בוצלא‎ and Hebrew בצל‎ (batsál).

Pronunciation
  • (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /məˈt͡ʃʼoːl/

Noun

ⲙϫⲱⲗ (mjōl) m

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) onion

Derived terms
  • ⲉⲙϫⲱⲗ ϩⲉⲩⲧ (emjōl heut, “wild onion”)

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 101
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 213
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