ⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ
Coptic
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ • (potamiana) f
- a female given name from Greek, equivalent to Coptic ⲧⲁⲡⲓⲁⲙ (tapiam)
Descendants
edit- → Arabic: بُوطَامِيانَا (būṭāmiyānā)
References
edit- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 64