ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ (mnout) – Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (mnote) – Sahidic
- ⲙⲛⲟⲟⲧⲉ (mnoote) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (emnouti) – Bohairic
- ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (mnot) – Bohairic
- ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (emnote) – Bohairic
- ⲙⲛⲉⲟⲩⲧⲉ (mneoute) – Lycopolitan
Etymology
From Demotic mnṱ (“porter”), from Egyptian
(mnty, “porter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /əmˈnuːt/
- IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /amˈnud/
- IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /emˈnut/
- IPA(key): (Fayyumic) /emˈnut/
Noun
ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ • (emnout) m or f
- (Bohairic, Fayyumic) doorkeeper, porter
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 176