ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
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Coptic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Μηνᾶς (Mēnâs) which comes from Demotic mnw (“the god Min”). The reconstructed ungrecisised Coptic form is *ⲙⲏⲛ (*mēn).
Proper noun
[edit]ⲙⲏⲛⲁ • (mēna) m
- a male given name from Greek or Egyptian
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: مينا (mīna)
References
[edit]- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114