ϩⲧⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

An Arabian horse in Egypt.

• ϩⲧⲱ (htō) — Sahidic, Akhmimic
• ⲉϩⲧⲟ (ehto) — Sahidic (rare)
• ϩⲑⲟ (htho) — Bohairic
• ϩⲧⲁ (hta), ⲉϩⲧⲁ (ehta) — Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Noun

ϩⲧⲟ • (hto) m (feminine ϩⲧⲱⲣⲉ (htōre) or ϩⲧⲟⲟⲣⲉ (htoore), plural ϩⲧⲱⲱⲣ (htōōr) or (A) ϩⲧⲟⲩⲣ (htour))

1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic) horse

Derived terms

• ⲣⲱⲙϩⲧⲟ (rōmhto, “horse rider”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: حَنْطُور (ḥanṭūr)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 723
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 300
• Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1921) Koptisches Handwörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 248