Reconstruction:Coptic/ⲙⲏⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲥ (mēnas) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ⲙⲏⲛⲁ (mēna) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μηνᾶς (Mēnâs) which comes from Demotic mnw (“the god Min”). The reconstructed ungrecisised Coptic form is *ⲙⲏⲛ.

Proper noun

ⲙⲏⲛ • (mēn) m

1. a male given name from Greek or Egyptian

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114