ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic sšn (“lotus”), from Egyptian (zšn, “lotus flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /ˈʃoːʃən/
• IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /ˈʃuʃan/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ˈʃoʃen/

Noun

ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ • (šōšen) m (plural ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ (šōšen))

1. (Bohairic) lily, waterlily, lotus

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 260
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 608