ϩⲣⲱ

ϩⲣⲱ

Coptic

Egyptian oven

Alternative forms

• ϩⲣⲟⲩ (hrou) – Akhmimic
• ⲉϩⲣⲱ (ehrō) – Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ḥryt (“furnace (of a coppersmith)”).

Noun

ϩⲣⲱ • (hrō) f

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) furnace, oven

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 292
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 701b