ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ
Coptic
A faience tile from the throne of Pharaoh Ramesses III depicting a tattooed ancient Libyan chief
Alternative forms
- ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ (phaiat) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic pyt (“Lybian, of the Phaiat tribe”). Compare Old Persian 𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎹𐎠 (Putāyā).
Adjective
ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ • (paiet) ?
- (Fayyumic) Libyan
Synonyms
- ⲗⲉⲙϯⲗⲩⲃⲏ (lemtilubē)
- ⲗⲓⲃⲩⲕⲟⲥ (libukos)
Derived terms
- ⲛⲉⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ (nepaiet)
References
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 159
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 350