ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ

Coptic

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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

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

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