ⲙⲁ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲙⲁⲓ (mai) – Bohairic
- ⲙⲉ (me) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic mꜣꜥ (“place”).
Noun
ⲙⲁ (ma) m
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) place
Related terms
- ⲙⲁ- (ma-)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 77
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 153