ⲫⲟⲣϣⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From ⲫⲟⲣϣ (phorš, “to be spread”), from Demotic prḫ (“to stretch out”), from Egyptian prḫ, prš (“to open up, stretch out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /ˈpʰoɾʃə/
• IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /ˈburʃa/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ˈforʃi/

Noun

ⲫⲟⲣϣⲓ • (phorši) f

1. (Bohairic) table

References

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