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Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic trn. According to Sethe in Spiegelberg, Kopt. Handwb. 151, from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía, “Brittany”). Brittany being the chief source of tin in antiquity. With the beginning reanalyzed as the singular masculine definite article ⲡⲓ- (pi-).
Pronunciation
Noun
ⲑⲣⲁⲛ • (thran) m
- (Bohairic) tin
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 43
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 69
- Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1921) Koptisches Handwörterbuch (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 151