ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ
Coptic
Etymology
Possibly from Demotic srj (“nobleman, officer”), from Egyptian
(sr, “official, magistrate”).
Noun
ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ • (siour) m
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eunuch
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 168
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 371