Editing Dendera (section)

== Etymology ==
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[[File:Denderah1.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance to the temple.]]
[[File:Miniature stela. It shows 2 reliefs of ears and incised hieroglyphs. The title or epithet of the "Lady of Dendera" as well as the names of Taweret and Hathor appear. From Egypt, Ramesside period. The British Museum, London.jpg|thumb|Miniature stela. It shows 2 reliefs of ears and incised hieroglyphs. The title or epithet of the "Lady of Dendera" as well as the names of Taweret and Hathor appear. From Egypt, Ramesside period. The British Museum, London]]
The original name of the town is {{Langx|egy|ı͗wnt}}, the etymology of which is unknown. It was later complemented by the name of the chief goddess [[Hathor]] and became Egyptian {{langx|egy|ı͗wnt-tꜣ-ntrt|lit=ı͗wnt of the goddess}} which is the source of {{langx|cop|ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ|translit=Nitentōri}} or just {{Lang|egy|tꜣ-ntrt}} "of the goddess", which is the source of {{langx|grc-x-koine|Τεντυρις}}. The modern [[Arabic]] name of the town comes from either its Greek or Coptic name.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gardiner|first=Alan H.|title=Ancient Egyptian Onomastica 2|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1947|pages=30}}</ref>

There is also an aberrant Coptic form {{lang|cop|ⲛⲓⲕⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ}}, which could be either dissimilation of a regular name or a confusion with Koine {{lang|grc|Κένταυροι}}.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Peust|first=Carsten|title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypte|year=2010|location=Göttingen|pages=33}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Černý|first=Jaroslav|title=Coptic Etymological Dictionary|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1976|pages=347}}</ref>