ⲙⲟⲛⲏ

Coptic

Mit Ghamr, a picture from "Egypt painted and described"

Alternative forms

ⲙⲱⲛⲏ (mōnē) — Bohairic
ⲙⲟⲛⲁ (mona) — Bohairic
ⲙⲟⲛⲓ (moni) — Bohairic
ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥ (monas) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονή (monḗ, “dwelling, abode”).

Noun

ⲙⲟⲛⲏ • (monē) f (plural ⲙⲟⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ (monōoui))

(Bohairic) dwelling, station on Nile, abode
Synonyms: ⲁϩⲟ (aho), ⲟⲩⲱϩ (ouōh)
(Bohairic) monastery
Synonyms: ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (monastērion), ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ (topos)

Derived terms

ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ (thmonē, “a city in Upper Egypt”)

Descendants

→ Arabic: مِنْية (minya), مِيت (mīt)

References

TLA lemma no. C9819 (ⲙⲟⲛⲏ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA),
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Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 177b

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