ϣϭⲏⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣϫⲏⲛ (ščēn) — Sahidic
• ⳉϫⲁⲛ (xčan) — Oxyrhynchite

Etymology

From Demotic ḫḏn, from Egyptian (ḫṯn, “garlic”).

Noun

ϣϭⲏⲛ • (šcēn) m

1. (Bohairic) garlic

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 615b
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 263