ⲙⲁ ⲛⳉⲁⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲁⲓ (ma nšai), ⲙⲁⲛϣⲁⲓ (manšai) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲉⲉⲓ (ma nšeei), ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲉⲓ (ma nšei) — Fayyumic
• ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲁ (ma nša) — Sahidic

Etymology

From ⲙⲁ (ma) +‎ ⲛ- (n-) +‎ ⳉⲁⲉ (xae), literally “place of rising (of the sun)”.

Noun

ⲙⲁ ⲛⳉⲁⲉ • (ma nxae) m

1. (Akhmimic) east

   Synonym: ⲉⲓⲃⲧ (eibt)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 543
• TLA lemma no. C5682 (ⲙⲁ ⲛⳉⲁⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]