ϩⲧⲁ

Coptic

Alternative forms

An Arabian horse in Egypt.

ϩⲧⲱ (htō) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
ϩⲧⲟ (hto) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
ⲉϩⲧⲟ (ehto) – Sahidic (rare)
ϩⲑⲟ (htho) – Bohairic
ⲉϩⲧⲁ (ehta) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (ḥtr, “team of horses, horse”), from Egyptian

(ḥtrj, “team of horses”).

Noun

ϩⲧⲁ • (hta) m (feminine ϩⲧⲁⲁⲣⲓ (htaari), plural ϩⲧⲱⲣ (htōr))

(Fayyumic) horse

Derived terms

ⲗⲉⲙⲛϩⲧⲁ (lemnhta, “horse rider”)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 723
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 300
Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1921) Koptisches Handwörterbuch‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 248

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