ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
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