ⲙⲉⲛⲇⲏⲥ
Coptic
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Μένδης (Méndēs, “Mendes, a city in Lower Egypt”) which in turn is from Egyptian [script needed] (Pr-bꜣ-nb-ḏd.t, “temple of Banebdjedet, a ram god whose cult centre was at Mendes”).
Noun
editⲙⲉⲛⲇⲏⲥ • (mendēs) m
References
edit- Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 165