ⲃⲁϣⲟⲩⲣ

Coptic

Etymology

From a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew מַשׂוֹר (maśśōr) and Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār). Ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic *minśār- (“saw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βaˈʃuːr/

Noun

ⲃⲁϣⲟⲩⲣ • (bašour) f (plural ⲃⲁϣⲟⲩⲣ (bašour))

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic) saw

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 29
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 47

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.