ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ

Coptic

White Monastery in Egypt

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲉⲣⲓⲟⲛ (monasterion), ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣ (monastēr), ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏ (monastē), ⲙⲟⲩⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (mounastērion) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell, monastery”).

Noun

ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ • (monastērion) m

1. (Bohairic) monastery

Synonyms

• ⲙⲟⲛⲏ (monē)
• ⲙⲁⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ (manšōpi)
• ⲧⲱⲟⲩ (tōou)
• ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ (topos)

References

• TLA lemma no. C9816 (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]