ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ

Coptic

Etymology

Possibly from Demotic srj (“nobleman, officer”), from Egyptian (sr, “official, magistrate”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ • (siour) m

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eunuch

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 168
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 371