ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptian birds in a tree

From Demotic hꜥleṱ (“bird”), from ḥl (“to fly”) from Egyptian ḥrj (“to fly”).

Noun

ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ • (halēt) f (plural ϩⲁⲗⲁϯ or ϩⲁⲗⲁⲁⲧⲉ)

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) bird
2. (Bohairic, Sahidic) hen

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280