ϩⲁⲩⲧ

Coptic

Ritratto da el fayum, pushkin museum

Alternative forms

• ϩⲱⲟⲩⲧ (hōout) — Bohairic
• ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (haout), ⲉϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (ehaout) — Fayyumic
• ϩⲟⲟⲩⲛⲧ (hoount) — Old Coptic
• ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ehoout), ⲉⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (eihoout), ⲓϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (ihoout), ϩⲉⲟⲩⲧ (heout) — Sahidic
• ϩⲉⲩⲧ (heut) — Sahidic, Akhmimic
• ϩⲏⲩⲧ (hēut) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ḥwt(j) (“man, male”), from Egyptian (ꜥḥꜣwtj, “fighter, warrior, male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hau̯t/

Noun

ϩⲁⲩⲧ • (haut) m (plural ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut))

1. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) man, male (human or god)
2. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) man, husband

Adjective

ϩⲁⲩⲧ • (haut)

1. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) male
2. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) wild

See also

• ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 738
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 305