ⲙⲟⲛⲏ

Coptic

Mit Ghamr, a picture from "Egypt painted and described"

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲱⲛⲏ (mōnē) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲟⲛⲁ (mona) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲟⲛⲓ (moni) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥ (monas) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονή (monḗ, “dwelling, abode”).

Noun

ⲙⲟⲛⲏ • (monē) f (plural ⲙⲟⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ (monōoui))

1. (Bohairic) dwelling, station on Nile, abode

   Synonyms: ⲁϩⲟ (aho), ⲟⲩⲱϩ (ouōh)

2. (Bohairic) monastery

   Synonyms: ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (monastērion), ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ (topos)

Derived terms

• ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ (thmonē, “a city in Upper Egypt”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: مِنْية (minya), مِيت (mīt)

References

• TLA lemma no. C9819 (ⲙⲟⲛⲏ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]
• Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎^[2] (in German), Göttingen
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 177b