ⲡⲓϣⲱⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡϣⲁⲓ (pšai) — Akhmimic
• ⲡϣⲟⲓ (pšoi) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic pꜣ-šꜣj (the fate).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

ⲡⲓϣⲱⲓ • (pišōi) m

1. Pishoy, a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: بِيشُوي (bīšūy), اِبْشَاي (ibšāy)
• → Ancient Greek: Ψάϊς (Psáïs), Ψοϊς (Psoïs), Παΐσιος (Paḯsios)
  • → Coptic: ⲯⲁⲓ (psai)
  • → Latin: Paisius
  • → Romanian: Paisie
  • → Russian: Псой (Psoj), Паисий (Paisij)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
• Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎^[2] (in German), Göttingen, page 49
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN