ⲁϧⲱⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

Imperial eagle in Giza, Egypt

From Demotic ꜥẖm (“divine image, falcon”), from Egyptian ꜥẖm.

Noun

ⲁ̀ϧⲱⲙ (àxōm)

(Bohairic) eagle

Descendants

Greek: Παχώμιος (Pachómios)

References

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

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