ϣⲁϥⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

Possibly from Egyptian

(ḫꜣft, “a kind of land”).

Noun

ϣⲁϥⲉ • (šafe) m

(Bohairic) wilderness
(Bohairic) desert

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 261

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