ⲛⲉϩⲱⲛⲓ

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Coptic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Calque of Arabic زَيْت حَجَر (zayt ḥajar, “stone oil”) which itself is a calque of petroleum. Coined by Zeniya Copts ca. 1875.”

Noun[edit]

ⲛⲉϩⲱⲛⲓ • (nehōni) m

  1. (Bohairic) petroleum

References[edit]

  • Worrell, W.H. (1937) Popular Traditions of the Coptic Language‎[1], The University of Chicago Press
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