ⲙϫⲱⲗ
Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic mḏl. A late borrowing from Semitic, compare Arabic بصل (baṣal), Aramaic בוצלא and Hebrew בצל (batsál).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ⲙϫⲱⲗ • (mčōl) m
Derived terms
- ⲉⲙϫⲱⲗ ϩⲉⲩⲧ (emčōl heut, “wild onion”)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 101
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 213