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

1. 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