ⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ
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Coptic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]ⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ • (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
