ϣⲟⲛϯ

Coptic

Acacia tree in Sinai, Egypt

Alternative forms

ϣⲟⲛⲧⲉ (šonte) – Sahidic
ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉ (šante) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ϣⲁⲛϯ (šanti) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic šntt, ultimately from Egyptian snḏt.

Noun

ϣⲟⲛϯ • (šonti) f

(Bohairic) acacia, thorn tree

Derived terms

ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛϯ (pašonti)

Descendants

→ Arabic: سَنْط‎ (sanṭ)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 247
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 573a

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