ϩⲟϯ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic ḥṯj (“moment, time”), perhaps from Egyptian

(ḥꜣt, “small unit of time”).

Noun

ϩⲟϯ • (hoti) f

  1. (Bohairic) hour, moment
    Synonyms: ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ (ounou), ⲛⲁⲩ (nau)

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 721b
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 299
  • TLA lemma no. C6909 (ϩⲟϯ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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