ⲫⲟⲣⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲃⲱⲣⲉ (bōre) — Sahidic
• ϥⲟⲣⲓ (fori) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Egyptian br.

Noun

ⲫⲟⲣⲓ • (phori) m

1. (Bohairic) mullet, Mugil cephalus

Descendants

• → Arabic: بُورِي (būrī)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 42a
• Takács, Gábor (2001) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 254–255, →ISBN