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))

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

Adjective

ϩⲁⲩⲧ • (haut)

(Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) male
(Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) wild

See also

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

References

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

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