ⲫⲁⲏⲥⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲁⲏⲥⲉ (paēse) — Sahidic
• ⲡⲁⲏⲥⲓ (paēsi) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic pꜣ-js.t (“the one of Isis”).

Proper noun

ⲫⲁⲏⲥⲓ • (phaēsi) m

1. (Bohairic) a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: ابا يسي (abā īsī)
• → Ancient Greek: Φαησις (Phaēsis)
  • → Russian: Паисий (Paisij)

References

• Trismegistos
• Blasco Torres, Ana Isabel (2017) Representing Foreign Sounds: Greek Transcriptions of Egyptian Anthroponyms from 800 BC to 800 AD, Leuven, Salamanca