ⲛⲟⲩⲃ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲛⲟⲩϥ (nouf) – Sahidic, Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic nbw (“gold”), from Egyptian
(nbw, “gold”).
Noun
ⲛⲟⲩⲃ • (noub) m (uncountable)
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) gold
- (by extension) money
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 221
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN