ϩⲉⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϩⲁⲧ (hat) — Sahidic, Bohairic
ϩⲏⲧ (hēt) — Fayyumic
ϩⲁⲧⲉ (hate) — Sahidic
ϩⲁⲁⲧ (haat) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic (ḥt, “silver, money”), from Egyptian

(ḥḏ, “silver”).

Noun

ϩⲉⲧ • (het) m or f (uncountable)

(Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) silver
1. (by extension) a (silver) coin; money

Adjective

ϩⲉⲧ • (het)

(Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) white
(Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) silver

Derived terms

ⲧⲓⲙⲏⲛϩⲉⲧ (timēnhet)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 713
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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