ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (emnouti) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (mnote) — Sahidic
• ⲙⲛⲟⲟⲧⲉ (mnoote) — Sahidic
• ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ (emnout) — Bohairic, Fayyumic
• ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (mnot) — Bohairic
• ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (emnote) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲛⲉⲟⲩⲧⲉ (mneoute) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ • (mnout) m or f

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