ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ

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Coptic

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Disciple Paul of Tarsus, a Greek Jew

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Etymology

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From Demotic T14-N25n-2n-2yw (wynn), a metathesized borrowing from the Imperial Aramaic gentilic plural 𐡉𐡅𐡍𐡉𐡍 (ywnyn /⁠*yawnāyīn⁠/, Greeks), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων (Iā́wōn, Ionian). Compare Jewish Literary Aramaic יַוְנָאִין (yawnāʾīn, Greeks).

Noun

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ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ (oueininm

  1. (Bohairic) a Greek
  2. (Bohairic) a Hellenist, especially a Hellenized Jew.

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