Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic jmnṱ (“west, western”), from Egyptian jmntj (“western, west side”)
Noun
ⲉ̀ⲙⲉⲛⲧ • (èment)
- (Bohairic) West
Coordinate terms
- (compass point): ⲙⲁⲛ̀ϣⲁⲓ (maǹšai)
- (north): ϧⲏⲧ (xēt)
- (south): ⲣⲏⲥ (rēs)
- (east): ⲓⲉⲃⲧ (iebt)
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