ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛϯ

Coptic

Alternative forms

  • ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲧⲉ (pašonte) — Sahidic
  • ⲡⲓϣⲉⲛϯ (pišenti) — Bohairic

Etymology

ⲡⲁ- (pa-, possessive masculine article) +‎ ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti) "the one of acacia tree".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (reconstructed Classical Coptic) /paˈʃontə/

Proper noun

ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛϯ • (pašonti) m

  1. a male given name, which in English is usually rendered in its Egyptian Arabic form Bashandy

Descendants

  • → Arabic: بَشَنْدِي (bašandī)
  • → Ancient Greek: Πισυνθιος (Pisunthios)

References

  • G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten, Leipzig 1929
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
  • 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
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