ⲃⲉⲛⲟϥⲉⲣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (ouenofre) — Sahidic
ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁⲃⲣⲉ (ouenabre) — Oxyrhynchite

Etymology

From Demotic wnn-nfrw (he who is in a state of permanent well-being, an epithet of Osiris).

Proper noun

ⲃⲉⲛⲟϥⲉⲣ • (benofer) m

a male given name, equivalent to English Onuphrius

Descendants

→ Arabic: نُوفِير (nūfīr), نُوفْر (nūfr)
→ Ancient Greek: Ὀνούφριος (Onoúphrios), Ὀννῶφρις (Onnôphris)
- → Coptic: ⲟⲛⲛⲱⲫⲣⲓⲥ (onnōphris)
- → Latin: Onuphrius
  - → Italian: Onofrio
  - → Spanish: Onofre
- → Romanian: Onufrie
- → English: Humphrey
- → Russian: Онуфрий (Onufrij), Онуша (Onuša)

References

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN

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