ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ
Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic ꜣlly (“grape, vine”), from Egyptian jꜣrrt (“grape, vine”).[1][2] Compare Old Armenian խաղող (xałoł).[3]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eˈlaʔali/
Noun
ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ • (elaali) m
- (Fayyumic) grape
Alternative forms
- ⲉⲗⲟⲟⲗⲉ (eloole) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲗⲉ (elaale) – Akhmimic
- ⲁⲗⲁⲗⲓ (alali), ⲁⲗⲁⲁⲗⲓ (alaali), 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