ⲕⲁϩⲓ

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Coptic

The land at Giza, Egypt
The Earth

Pronunciation

  • (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈkʼaʔhə/
  • (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈkaʔha/
  • (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /ˈkahi/

Etymology 1

From Demotic qh (“earth”), from Egyptian qꜣḥ (“earth”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) m

  1. (Bohairic) earth, land, country
    ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲑⲁⲩϣ ― pkahi ǹte niethauš ― the country of the Ethiopians

Proper noun

ⲡⲓⲔⲁϩⲓ • (piKahi) m

  1. (Bohairic) the planet Earth.

Etymology 2

From Demotic qḥ (“district”), from Egyptian qꜥḥt (“district”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ⲕⲁϩⲓ • (kahi) f

  1. (Bohairic) district, province
    ϯⲕⲁϩϣⲙⲓⲛ ― tikahšmin ― the province of Shmin

References

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