ⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ
Coptic
Etymology
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
ⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲁ • (potamiana) f
- A female given name
Descendants
- → Arabic: بوطاميانا (butamyana)
References
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 64