ϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ

Coptic

Ancient Egyptian censer

Etymology

From Demotic ḫꜣwt-Rꜥ (“altar of Ra”).

Noun

ϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ • (šourē) f

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic) censer
2. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic) brazier
3. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic) altar

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 258
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 603b