ϩⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϩⲁ (ha) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Old Coptic, Lycopolitan
ϩⲱ (hō) — Sahidic, Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic ḥr (“face”), from Egyptian ḥr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Classical Coptic) /hoʔ/

Noun

ϩⲟ • (ho) m (plural ϩⲟ (ho), nominal form (S) ϩⲁ- (ha-), pronominal form (S, B, OC) ϩⲣⲁ⸗ (hra⸗) or (A, B, L) ϩⲣⲉ⸗ (hre⸗) or (F) ϩⲗⲉ⸗ (hle⸗) or (OC) ϧⲣⲁ⸗ (xra⸗))

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) face
(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) surface, side, edge
(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) page

References

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 286
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 646