ⲃⲉⲛⲟϥⲉⲣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁϥⲣ (ouenafr) — Old Coptic
ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (ouenofre) — Sahidic
ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁⲃⲣⲉ (ouenabre) — Oxyrhynchite

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian wnn-nfrw, from Egyptian wnn-nfr (epithet of Osiris, literally “he who is in a state of permanent well-being”).

Proper noun

ⲃⲉⲛⲟϥⲉⲣ • (benofer) m

a male given name, equivalent to English Onuphrius

Descendants

→ Arabic: نُوفِير (nūfīr), نُوفْر (nūfr)
→ Ancient Greek: Ὀνούφριος (Onoúphrios), Ὀννῶφρις (Onnôphris)
- Greek: Ονούφριος (Onoúfrios)
- → Coptic: ⲟⲛⲛⲱⲫⲣⲓⲥ (onnōphris)
- → Latin: Onuphrius
  - → English: Onuphrius
  - → Finnish: Nurhonen
  - Italian: Onofrio
  - → Lithuanian: Anùpras
  - → Polish: Onufry
  - Portuguese: Onofre
  - Spanish: Onofre
- Romanian: Onufrie
- → Russian: Онуфрий (Onufrij), Онуша (Onuša)

References

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