ⲥⲁⲭⲟ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲥⲁϧⲟ (saxo) – Bohairic
- ⲥⲁⲭⲱ (sakhō) – Sahidic
- ⲥⲁⲭⲁ (sakha) – Fayyumic, Oxyrhynchite
Etymology
From ⲥⲱⲕ (sōk, “gather”, verb) + ϩⲟ (ho, “face”, noun) i.e. "gatherer of face" from Demotic sḳ-ḥr. The connection with ⲥϩⲁⲓ (shai) is rejected by Černý.
Noun
ⲥⲁⲭⲟ • (sakho) m
- (Sahidic) dignified, esteemed person
Derived terms
- ⲥⲁⲭⲁⲛⲉⲕⲱⲧ (sakhanekōt, “chief builder”)
- ⲥⲁⲭⲁⲛⲉⲗⲉⲃⲗⲁⲉⲓⲥ (sakhaneleblaeis, “chief watchman”)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav, Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976, →ISBN, page 149
- Vycichl, Werner, Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, 1983, →ISBN, page 204
- Crum, Walter E., A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1939, →ISBN, page 384a