ϩⲧⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

An Arabian horse in Egypt.

ϩⲑⲟ (htho) – Bohairic
ϩⲧⲁ (hta) – Fayyumic

Etymology

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

, originally “team of oxen”

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Noun

ϩⲧⲟ (hto) (plural ϩⲧⲱⲱⲣ)

(Sahidic, Akhmimic) horse

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

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