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

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