ⲥⲁⲭⲟ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ⲥⲱⲕ (sōk, “gather”, verb) + ϩⲟ (ho, “face”, noun) i.e. "gatherer of face" from Demotic sḳ-ḥr. The connection with ⲥϩⲁⲓ (shai) is rejected by Černý.
Noun
editⲥⲁⲭⲟ • (sakho) m
Derived terms
edit- ⲥⲁⲭⲁⲛⲉⲕⲱⲧ (sakhanekōt, “chief builder”)
- ⲥⲁⲭⲁⲛⲉⲗⲉⲃⲗⲁⲉⲓⲥ (sakhaneleblaeis, “chief watchman”)
References
edit- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 204
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 384a