ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ (mnout) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
• ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ (emnout) — Bohairic, Fayyumic
• ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (mnot) — Bohairic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /əmˈnuːtə/
• IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /amˈnuda/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /emˈnuti/

Noun

ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ • (emnouti) m or f

1. (Bohairic) 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