ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptian birds in a tree

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (hꜥleṱ), from ⁠⁠⁠ (ḥl, “to fly”) from Egyptian (ḥrj, “to become distant, to fly off”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈleːt/

Noun

ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ • (halēt) f (plural ϩⲁⲗⲁϯ (halati) or ϩⲁⲗⲁⲁⲧⲉ (halaate))

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) bird
2. (Bohairic, Sahidic) hen

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 671-672
• Westendorf, Wolfhart (1965–1977) Koptisches Handwörterbuch, first edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, page 368
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 296