ⲃⲁⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic bꜥj (“rib of a palm leaf”), from Late Egyptian (bꜥj).

Noun

ⲃⲁⲓ • (bai) m

1. (Bohairic) date palm branch

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 20