ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲏ (heneetē), ϩⲉⲛⲉⲧⲉ (henete), ϩⲉⲛⲏⲧⲉ (henēte), ϩⲉⲛⲉⲧⲏ (henetē), ϩⲉⲛⲏⲧⲏ (henētē), ϩⲏⲛⲉⲧⲉ (hēnete), ϩⲏⲛⲏⲧⲉ (hēnēte), ϩⲏⲛⲏⲏⲧⲉ (hēnēēte)

Etymology

According to Vycichl, most likely a Semitic borrowing akin to Aramaic חָנוּתָא (ḥānūṯā). He rejects the hypothesis of a derivation from Demotic ḥt-ntr, from Egyptian ḥwt-nṯrt (“temple”, literally “god's mansion”) (as found in Černý) on phonetic grounds, as no variants rhyme with ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (noute).

Noun

ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ • (heneete) f (plural ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ (heneete))

(Sahidic) monastery
Synonyms: (Bohairic, Sahidic) ⲙⲟⲛⲏ (monē), (Sahidic) ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (monastērion)

Descendants

→ Arabic: الْهَنَادَة (al-hanāda)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 692
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 289
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN