ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms
  • ⲥⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (sateere) – Sahidic
  • ⲥⲧⲁⲧⲉⲉⲣⲉ (stateere) – Lycopolitan

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ (satheri) f

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

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