ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ (benipe) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic bnpy, from Egyptian bjꜣ n pt (“metal of the heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βəˈniːpə/

Noun

ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ • (benipi) m

1. (Bohairic) iron

Proper noun

ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ • (benipi) m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: وانيبى (wanībi)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 41
• 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