ⲙⲁ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲁⲓ (mai) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲉ (me) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic mꜣꜥ (“place”).

Noun

ⲙⲁ • (ma) m

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) place

Related terms

• ⲙⲁ- (ma-)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 77
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 153