ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (sateere) — Sahidic
ⲥⲧⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (stateere) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡎𐡕𐡕𐡓𐡉 (sttry), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr). Compare Demotic sttr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /saˈtʰeʔɾə/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /saˈdaʔɾa/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /saˈθeri/

Noun

ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ • (satheri) f (plural ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ (satheri))

(Bohairic) stater, a type of Greek coin

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 366
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166

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