RE: [RemEnKimi] Coptic word

[Ambrose Boles]

Hello Maryame.

I read a while ago in:

Emil Maher Ishak. The Phonetics and Phonology of the Bohairic Dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Words in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Arabic. Volumes 1 - 4. (A D.Phil Thesis submitted to the University of Oxford, September 1975).

that Arabic "yalla" is derived from the Coptic word alou "child" (in the Old Bohairic pronunciation). I can't remember the details as I read it quickly and I don't have access to the thesis at present. Hopefully someone who has ready access can check it out – it was in the Survival of Coptic Words in the Colloquial and Classic Arabic of Egypt section of the thesis.

 

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From: "maryame_georgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com
To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RemEnKimi] Coptic word
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:13:41 -0000

Hello,
I wanted to ask if the word "YALLA" used in the Egyptian dialect( it
means let's go) has any coptic backgrounds. If it does, what does it
really mean and is it used correctly until now?

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