ⲃⲁⲛⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲃⲁⲛⲏ (banē) – Sahidic
- ⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ (banos) – Sahidic
Etymology
From Demotic Bne itself from Proto-Semitic *ban- (“son”). Compare اِبْن (ibn)
Proper noun
ⲃⲁⲛⲉ • (bane) m
- (Sahidic) A male given name
Descendants
- → Arabic: فانا (fana)
- → Ancient Greek: Βανος (Banos)
- → Coptic: ⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ (banos)
References
- Trismegistos
- Carsten Peust. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten, Göttingen 2010. p.39