ⲃⲁϣⲟⲩⲣ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptian surgical saws

From a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew מַשׂוֹר (maśśōr) and Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār). Ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic *minśār- (“saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βaˈʃuːr/

Noun

ⲃⲁϣⲟⲩⲣ • (bašour) f (plural ⲃⲁϣⲟⲩⲣ (bašour))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic) saw

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 29
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 47