ⲥⲉⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ

Coptic

Etymology

Likely directly from Arabic سِرْوَال (sirwāl); compare Ancient Greek σαράβαρα (sarábara, “Scythian loose trousers”).

Noun

ⲥⲉⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ • (serbara) m (plural not attested)

  1. (Bohairic) pants, trousers

References
  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 118
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