ⲭⲁⲣⲕⲓⲛⲟⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲁⲣⲕⲓⲛⲟⲥ (karkinos) — Bohairic
• ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲓⲛⲟⲥ (kharakinos) — Bohairic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab, Cancer”).

Noun

ⲭⲁⲣⲕⲓⲛⲟⲥ • (kharkinos) m

1. crayfish
2. Cancer

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
• Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum