ϩⲧⲁ

ϩⲧⲁ

Coptic

Alternative forms

An Arabian horse in Egypt.

• ϩⲧⲱ (htō) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
• ϩⲧⲟ (hto) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
• ⲉϩⲧⲟ (ehto) – Sahidic (rare)
• ϩⲑⲟ (htho) – Bohairic
• ⲉϩⲧⲁ (ehta) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (ḥtr, “team of horses, horse”), from Egyptian (ḥtrj, “team of horses”).

Noun

ϩⲧⲁ • (hta) m (feminine ϩⲧⲁⲁⲣⲓ (htaari), plural ϩⲧⲱⲣ (htōr))

1. (Fayyumic) horse

Derived terms

• ⲗⲉⲙⲛϩⲧⲁ (lemnhta, “horse rider”)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 723
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 300
• Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1921) Koptisches Handwörterbuch‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 248