ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲉ

Coptic

Charles Gleyre, Three Fellahs (1835)

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲉ (ouoeie) — Sahidic
• ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲉ (ouaie) — Akhmimic
• ⲟⲩⲱⲓ (ouōi) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic wyꜥ (“farmer”), from Egyptian ꜥwꜣw (“reaper”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwaai/

Noun

ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲉ • (ouaaie) m (plural ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲏ (ouaaiē))

1. (Fayyumic) husbandman, cultivator
2. (Fayyumic) farmer, peasant, fellah

Synonyms

• ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲟⲥ (geōrgos)
• ϭⲣⲏ (crē)

Derived terms

• ⲓⲉⲫⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲉ (iephouaaie, “tillage, tilled land”)
• ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲉ (metouaaie, “husbandry”)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 209
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 373a