ⲁⲥⲫⲟⲩⲓ

Coptic

FWOTD – 24 December 2017

Etymology

From Egyptian (rnpt) ḥsb wꜥt (“(regnal) year 1”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈpʰuːj/

Noun

ⲁⲥⲫⲟⲩⲓ • (asphoui)

1. (Bohairic) first year of reign

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 18