ⲃⲉϩⲱⲗ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲃⲉⲗϩⲱⲗ (belhōl), ⲃⲉⲣϩⲱⲗ (berhōl) — Bohairic
• ⲃⲟⲩϩⲱⲗ (bouhōl) — Fayyumic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baḥal (“date”). Compare Arabic بَلَح (balaḥ).

Noun

ⲃⲉϩⲱⲗ • (behōl) f (plural not attested)

1. (Sahidic) date palm

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 48a
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 30