ⲭⲁⲕⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲁⲕⲉ (kake) — Sahidic
• ⲕⲉⲕⲉ (keke), ⲕⲉⲕⲉⲓ (kekei) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic kky (“darkness”), from Egyptian (kkw, “darkness, Kek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaki/

Noun

ⲭⲁⲕⲓ • (khaki) m

1. (Bohairic) darkness

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἀκακία (akakía, “acacia”) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 54
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 74a