ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ

Coptic

Disciple Paul of Tarsus, a Greek Jew

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲁⲛⲓⲛ (ouaeianin) — Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲛⲓⲛ (ouainin) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠ (wynn), a metathesized borrowing from the Imperial Aramaic gentilic plural 𐡉𐡅𐡍𐡉𐡍 (ywnyn /⁠*yawnāyīn⁠/, “Greeks”), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων (Iā́wōn, “Ionian”). Compare Jewish Literary Aramaic יַוְנָאִין (yawnāʾīn, “Greeks”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ • (oueinin) m

(Bohairic) a Greek
(Bohairic) a Hellenist, especially a Hellenized Jew.

Synonyms

ϩⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛ (hellēn)

Derived terms

ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ (metoueinin)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213

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