ϩⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϩⲁ (ha) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Old Coptic, Lycopolitan
• ϩⲱ (hō) — Sahidic, Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic ḥr (“face”), from Egyptian ḥr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Classical Coptic) /hoʔ/

Noun

ϩⲟ • (ho) m (plural ϩⲟ (ho), nominal form (S) ϩⲁ- (ha-), pronominal form (S, B, OC) ϩⲣⲁ⸗ (hra⸗) or (A, B, L) ϩⲣⲉ⸗ (hre⸗) or (F) ϩⲗⲉ⸗ (hle⸗) or (OC) ϧⲣⲁ⸗ (xra⸗))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) face
2. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) surface, side, edge
3. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) page

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 286
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 646