ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ

Coptic

Disciple Paul of Tarsus, a Greek Jew

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲁⲛⲓⲛ (ouaeianin) — Akhmimic
• ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲛⲓⲛ (ouainin) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠ (wynn), a metathesized borrowing from the Imperial Aramaic gentilic plural 𐡉𐡅𐡍𐡉𐡍 (ywnyn /⁠*yawnāyīn⁠/, “Greeks”), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων (Iā́wōn, “Ionian”). Compare Jewish Literary Aramaic יַוְנָאִין (yawnāʾīn, “Greeks”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ • (oueinin) m

1. (Bohairic) a Greek
2. (Bohairic) a Hellenist, especially a Hellenized Jew.

Synonyms

• ϩⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ (hellēn)

Derived terms

• ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ (metoueinin)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213