ⲁⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ
Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic ꜣlly (“grape, vine”), from Egyptian jꜣrrt (“grape, vine”).[1][2] Compare Old Armenian խաղող (xałoł).[3]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /aˈloʔlə/
Noun
![](Images/wiktionary/lossy-page1-260px-Egypt%252C_4th_-_5th_centuries%252C_Coptic_period_-_Frieze_with_Foliage_and_Grapes_-_1955.60_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg.webp)
Egyptian relief of grapes
ⲁⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ • (alaali) m
- (Fayyumic) grape
Alternative forms
- ⲉⲗⲟⲟⲗⲉ (eloole) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲉ (elaale) – Akhmimic
- ⲁⲗⲁⲗⲓ (alali), ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ (elaali), ⲓⲗⲁⲗⲓ (ilali) – Fayyumic
- ⲉⲗⲁⲗⲉ (elale) – Lycopolitan
Related terms
- ⲁϩⲁⲗⲟⲗⲓ (ahaloli) – Bohairic
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 41
- Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 960, page 64