ⲙⲏⲛⲁ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲥ (mēnas) — Bohairic, Sahidic
ⲙⲏⲛ (mēn) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μηνᾶς (Mēnâs) which comes from Demotic mnw (“the god Min”). The reconstructed ungrecisised Coptic form is *ⲙⲏⲛ (*mēn).

Proper noun

ⲙⲏⲛⲁ • (mēna) m

a male given name from Greek or Egyptian

Descendants

→ Arabic: مينا (mīna)

References

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114

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