ⲟⲩⲱⲓ
Coptic
![](Images/wiktionary/GleyreFellahs.jpg.webp)
Charles Gleyre, Three Fellahs (1835)
Alternative forms
- ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲉ (ouoeie) – Sahidic
- ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲉ (ouaie) – Akhmimic
- ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲉ (ouaaie) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic wyꜥ (“farmer”), from Egyptian ꜥwꜣw (“reaper”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwoːi/
Noun
ⲟⲩⲱⲓ • (ouōi) m (plural ⲟⲩⲓⲏ (ouiē))
- (Bohairic) husbandman, cultivator
- (Bohairic) farmer, peasant, fellah
Derived terms
- ⲓⲉⲫⲟⲩⲱⲓ (iephouōi, “tillage, tilled land”)
- ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲱⲓ (metouōi, “husbandry”)
Synonyms
- ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲟⲥ (geōrgos)
- ϭⲣⲏ (crē)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 209
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 373a