Coptic

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Etymology

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Cognate with Proto-Semitic *šimāl-, Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (s'mól, left), Akkadian 𒆏 (šumēlum, left side), Aramaic סְמָלָא (səmālā) / ܣܡܠܐ (semmālā, left side), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl). Sense "east" translates Egyptian jꜣbt.

Noun

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ϣⲙⲟⲩⲗ (šmoulm (plural ϣⲙⲟⲩⲗ (šmoul))

  1. left side, east