ϭⲁϫ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϫⲁϫ (čač) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic ḏḏ, from Egyptian
(ṯꜣṯꜣ). Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, compare Coptic ϫⲟⲩϫⲟⲩ (čoučou).

Noun

ϭⲁϫ • (cač) m

(Bohairic) sparrow

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 323
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 798

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