ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ
Coptic
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Ritratto da el fayum, pushkin museum
Alternative forms
- ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
- ϩⲱⲟⲩⲧ (hōout) – Bohairic
- ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut), ⲉϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (ehaout) – Fayyumic
- ϩⲟⲟⲩⲛⲧ (hoount) – Old Coptic
- ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ehoout), ⲉⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (eihoout), ⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ihoout), ϩⲉⲟⲩⲧ (heout) – Sahidic
- ϩⲉⲩⲧ (heut) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
- ϩⲏⲩⲧ (hēut) – Lycopolitan
Etymology
From Demotic ḥwt(j) (“man, male”), from Egyptian
(ꜥḥꜣwtj, “fighter, warrior, male”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haou̯t/
Noun
ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ • (haout) m (plural ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (haout))
- (Fayyumic) man, male (human or god)
- (Fayyumic) man, husband
Adjective
ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ • (haout)
- (Fayyumic) male
- (Fayyumic) wild
See also
- ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 738
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 305