ⲗⲁⲓⲛ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic lꜣyn (“steel”).

Noun

ⲗⲁⲓⲛ • (lain) m

1. (Sahidic) steel

Related terms

• ⲗⲁⲓⲉⲛⲉ (laiene, “steel-smith”)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 73
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 143