ⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ

Coptic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποταμίανα (Potamíana) which is a translation of Demotic Tꜣ-pꜣ-ym (“the one of the sea”) (compare Coptic ⲧⲁⲡⲓⲁⲙ (tapiam) and Ancient Greek Ταφιῶμις (Taphiômis)).

Proper noun

ⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ • (potamiana) f

1. a female given name from Greek, equivalent to Coptic ⲧⲁⲡⲓⲁⲙ (tapiam)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بُوطَامِيانَا (būṭāmiyānā)

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 64