ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩⲑⲓ (paphnouthi) — Bohairic
• ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (papnoute) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic pꜣy-pꜣ-ntr (literally “the one of the god”).

Equivalent to ⲡⲁ- (pa-, possessive masculine article) +‎ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ (phnouti, “God”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed Classical Coptic) /papʰˈnuːtə/

Proper noun

ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ • (paphnouti) m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَبْنُودَة (babnūda)
• → Ancient Greek: Παπνούθιος (Papnoúthios)
  • → Latin: Paphnutius
  • → Romanian: Pafnutie
  • → Russian: Пафнутий (Pafnutij)

References

• Isḥāḳ, Emile Māher. 1975. "The phonetics and phonology of the Boḥairic dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Word in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic". University of Oxford
• Trismegistos