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

1. (Sahidic) a male given name from Egyptian

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَانَا (fānā)
• → Ancient Greek: Βανος (Banos)
  • → Coptic: ⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ (banos)

References

• Trismegistos
• Carsten Peust. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten, Göttingen 2010. p.39