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
1. (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

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