ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ

ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

Statue of the god Amun, "the hidden one"

From Demotic mn (“statue of a god”), from Egyptian mnw (“monument, statue”).

Noun

ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ (mēini) m

1. (Bohairic) sign
2. (Bohairic) miracle
3. (Bohairic) statue

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 83