ⲛⲁϩⲣⲱⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲛⲁϩⲣⲁⲩ (nahrau) — Sahidic
• ⲛⲁϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ (nahroou) — Sahidic, Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic jr.t-ḥr-r-r⸗w (“The eye of Horus is against them”). Compare Ancient Greek Ἰνάρως (Inárōs), Νααραυς (Naaraus) borrowed from the same source.

Proper noun

ⲛⲁϩⲣⲱⲟⲩ • (nahrōou) m

1. (Bohairic) a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: نَهْرُوه (nahrūh)

References

• Trismegistos
• Isḥāḳ, Emile Māher. 1975. "The phonetics and phonology of the Boḥairic dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Word in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic". University of Oxford