ⲃⲉⲛⲟϥⲉⲣ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
edit- ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (ouenofre) — Sahidic
- ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁⲃⲣⲉ (ouenabre) — Oxyrhynchite
Etymology
editFrom Demotic wnn-nfrw (he who is in a state of permanent well-being, an epithet of Osiris).
Proper noun
editⲃⲉⲛⲟϥⲉⲣ • (benofer) m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Onuphrius
Descendants
edit- → Arabic: نُوفِير (nūfīr), نُوفْر (nūfr)
- → Ancient Greek: Ὀνούφριος (Onoúphrios), Ὀννῶφρις (Onnôphris)
References
edit- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN