ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ (satheri) — Bohairic
ⲥⲧⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (stateere) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Sahidic) /saˈteʔɾə/

Noun

ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ • (sateere) f (plural ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (sateere))

(Sahidic) 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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