ⲕⲉⲛⲧⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲛⲧⲉ (knte) — Sahidic, Akhmimic
• ⲕⲉⲛⲧⲏ (kentē) — Fayyumic

Etymology

Egyptian woman with two fig trees in the background

From Demotic qnṱ (“fig”), from Egyptian kwnt (“a particular sacred tree”).

Noun

ⲕⲉⲛⲧⲉ • (kente) m

1. (Bohairic) fig

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59