ⲁϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⳉ (ex) — Akhmimic
• ⲉϣ (eš) — Fayyumic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic jḫ (“what”), from Egyptian (jḫ, “what”).

Adverb

ⲁϣ • (aš)

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) who, what?

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 15
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 22