ⲙϫⲱⲗ
Coptic
Etymology
Egyptian onion
From Demotic mḏl. A late borrowing from Semitic, compare Arabic بصل (baṣal), Aramaic בוצלא and Hebrew בצל (batsál).
Pronunciation
- (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /məˈt͡ʃʼoːl/
Noun
ⲙϫⲱⲗ (mjōl) m
- (Sahidic, Bohairic) onion
Derived terms
- ⲉⲙϫⲱⲗ ϩⲉⲩⲧ (emjōl heut, “wild onion”)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 101
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 213