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

(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

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