ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (emnouti) — Bohairic
ⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (mnote) — Sahidic
ⲙⲛⲟⲟⲧⲉ (mnoote) — Sahidic
ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ (emnout) — Bohairic, Fayyumic
ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (mnot) — Bohairic
ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (emnote) — Bohairic
ⲙⲛⲉⲟⲩⲧⲉ (mneoute) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic mnṱ (“porter”), from Egyptian

(mnty, “porter”).

Noun

ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ • (mnout) m or f

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) 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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