ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ (mnout) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (emnouti), ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (mnot) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic mnṱ (“porter”), from Egyptian

(mnty, “porter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /əmˈnuːt/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /amˈnud/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /emˈnut/
IPA^(key): (Fayyumic) /emˈnut/

Noun

ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ • (emnout) m or f (feminine (B) ⲉⲙⲛⲟⲧⲉ (emnote))

(Bohairic, Fayyumic) 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