ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (sateere) – Sahidic
- ⲥⲧⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (stateere) – Lycopolitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic סתתריא, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr). Compare Demotic sttr.
Noun
ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ (satheri) f
- (Bohairic) stater, a type of Greek coin
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 366
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166