ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ (satheri) — Bohairic
• ⲥⲧⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (stateere) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡎𐡕𐡕𐡓𐡉 (sttry), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr). Compare Demotic sttr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Sahidic) /saˈteʔɾə/

Noun

ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ • (sateere) f (plural ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (sateere))

1. (Sahidic) stater, a type of Greek coin

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 366
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166