ⲥⲉⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ

Coptic

Etymology

Likely directly from Arabic سِرْوَال (sirwāl); compare Ancient Greek σαράβαρα (sarábara, “Scythian loose trousers”).

Noun

ⲥⲉⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ • (serbara) m (plural not attested)

1. (Bohairic) pants, trousers

References

• Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 118