ⲃⲁⲓ
Coptic
Etymology
From
Demotic
bꜥj
(
“
rib of a palm leaf
”
)
, from
Late Egyptian
(
bꜥj
)
.
Noun
ⲃⲁⲓ
• (
bai
)
m
(
Bohairic
)
date palm
branch
References
Černý, Jaroslav
(
1976
)
Coptic Etymological Dictionary
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
page
20