ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ

Coptic

A faience tile from the throne of Pharaoh Ramesses III depicting a tattooed ancient Libyan chief

Alternative forms

• ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ (phaiat) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic pyt (“Lybian, of the Phaiat tribe”). Compare Old Persian 𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎹𐎠 (Putāyā).

Adjective

ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ • (paiet) ?

1. (Fayyumic) Libyan

Synonyms

• ⲗⲉⲙϯⲗⲩⲃⲏ (lemtilubē)
• ⲗⲓⲃⲩⲕⲟⲥ (libukos)

Derived terms

• ⲛⲉⲡⲁⲓⲉⲧ (nepaiet)

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 159
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 350