ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ

Coptic

White Monastery in Egypt

Alternative forms

ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲉⲣⲓⲟⲛ (monasterion), ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣ (monastēr), ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏ (monastē), ⲙⲟⲩⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (mounastērion) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell, monastery”).

Noun

ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ • (monastērion) m

(Bohairic) monastery

Synonyms

ⲙⲟⲛⲏ (monē)
ⲙⲁⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ (manšōpi)
ⲧⲱⲟⲩ (tōou)
ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ (topos)

References

TLA lemma no. C9816 (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA),

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