ⲕⲟⲩⲛ⸗
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲕⲉⲛ⸗ (ken⸗) – Sahidic, Bohairic
- ⲕⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛ⸗ (kououn⸗) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan
- ⲕⲟⲩⲟⲛ⸗ (kouon⸗) – Sahidic
- ⲕⲟⲩⲱⲛ⸗ (kouōn⸗) – Sahidic
- ⲕⲟⲟⲛ⸗ (koon⸗) – Akhmimic
- ⲕⲟⲛ⸗ (kon⸗) – Akhmimic
Etymology
From Demotic qn (“lap”), from Egyptian qnj (“embrace, bosom”).
Noun
ⲕⲟⲩⲛ⸗ • (koun⸗) m
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic) bosom
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 111
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59