ⲑⲣⲁⲛ

Coptic edit

Alternative forms edit

ⲑⲣⲁⲙ (thram) — Bohairic

Etymology edit

From Demotic trn. According to Sethe in Spiegelberg, Kopt. Handwb. 151, from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía, “Brittany”). Brittany being the chief source of tin in antiquity. With the beginning reanalyzed as the singular masculine definite article ⲡⲓ- (pi-).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtʰran/

Noun edit

ⲑⲣⲁⲛ • (thran) m

(Bohairic) tin

References edit

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 43
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 69
Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1921) Koptisches Handwörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 151