ⲡⲓϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩⲫⲁ (šennoupha) — Bohairic

Etymology

ⲡⲓ- (pi-, definite masculine article) +‎ ϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ (šennoufi) "good news", a calque of Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed Classical Bohairic) /pəˌʃənˈnuːfə/

Proper noun

ⲡⲓϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ • (pišennoufi) m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَشْنُونة (bašnūna), شَنُوفة (šanūfa)

References

• Coptic History
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN