ⲉⲙⲛⲧⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic jmnṱ (“west, western”), from Egyptian

(jmntj, “western, west side”).

Noun

ⲉⲙⲛⲧⲉ • (emnte) m

  1. (Akhmimic, Fayyumic) west
    Synonyms: (A) ⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲱⲧⲡ (ma nhōtp), (A, L) ⲥⲁ ⲛϩⲱⲧⲡ (sa nhōtp)

Coordinate terms

  • (north): (F) ϩⲏⲧ (hēt) , ⲙⲉϩⲓⲧ (mehit), (A) ⲙϩⲉⲓⲧ (mheit), (F) ⲙⲉⲛϩⲓⲧ (menhit)
  • (south): ⲣⲏⲥ (rēs)
  • (east): (A) ⲉⲓⲃⲧ (eibt), (F) ⲓⲏϥⲧ (iēft), (F) ⲁⲓⲏⲃⲧ (aiēbt), ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲁ (ma nša)
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