ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (emnouti), ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (mnot) — Bohairic
• ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ (emnout) — Bohairic, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic mnṱ (“porter”), from Egyptian (mnty, “porter”).

Noun

ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ • (mnout) m or f (feminine (S) ⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (mnote) or (S) ⲙⲛⲟⲟⲧⲉ (mnoote) or (L) ⲙⲛⲉⲟⲩⲧⲉ (mneoute))

1. (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^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 176