ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲡⲓⲣⲱⲟⲩ (apirōou) — Bohairic
• ⲡⲉⲓⲣⲱⲟⲩ (peirōou) — Bohairic
• ⲡⲣⲟⲟⲩ (proou) — Sahidic

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲟⲩ • (pirōou) m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: اَبِيرُوه (abīrūh)
• → Ancient Greek: Προοῦς (Prooûs)

References

• Trismegistos
• 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, p.305
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN