ⲟⲩⲉⲣϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲃⲉⲣϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ (beršenoufi) — Bohairic
• ⲟⲩⲉⲣϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ (oueršenoufe) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic wršy-nfr (“good guardian”).

Proper noun

ⲟⲩⲉⲣϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ • (oueršenoufi) m

1. Barsanuphius, a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: وَرْشَنُوفَة (waršanūfa)
• → Ancient Greek: Ὀρσενούφις (Orsenoúphis), Βαρσανούφιος (Barsanoúphios)
  • → Latin: Barsanuphius
    • → Italian: Barsonofio
    • → Polish: Barsanufiusz
  • → Romanian: Varsanufie
  • → Russian: Варсонофий (Varsonofij)

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN