ϩⲁⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϩⲉⲧ (het) – Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ϩⲏⲧ (hēt) – Fayyumic
ϩⲁⲧⲉ (hate) – Sahidic
ϩⲁⲁⲧ (haat) – Sahidic

Etymology

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

(ḥḏ, “silver”).

Noun

ϩⲁⲧ • (hat) m or f (uncountable)

(Sahidic, Bohairic) silver
1. (by extension) a (silver) coin; money

Usage notes

Usually masculine, but feminine when referring to money in Bohairic.

Adjective

ϩⲁⲧ • (hat)

(Sahidic, Bohairic) white
(Sahidic, Bohairic) silver

Derived terms

ⲧⲓⲙⲏⲛϩⲁⲧ (timēnhat)
ⲡⲉⲣϩⲁⲧ (perhat)

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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