ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ
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Coptic
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Etymology
[edit]From Demotic mlẖ. The orthography is influenced by Μολόχ (Molókh, “Moloch, a god of Moabites and Ammonites”). Vycichl reconstructs the proper Coptic from as *ⲙⲁⲗⲱϧ (*malōx).
Proper noun
[edit]ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ • (molokh) m
References
[edit]- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 111