wnn-nfr

Egyptian
FWOTD – 3 November 2013

Etymology

wnn (“(one who) continually exists”) +‎ nfr (“to be good, perfect, beautiful”) +‎ (.w) (third-person masculine stative ending), thus literally ‘one who continually exists in being good/perfect/beautiful’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun
wn
n
n		 nfrA40

 m

  1. an epithet or alternative name for the god Osiris.
  2. a male given name, Wenennefer

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wnn-nfr  
wn
n
n		 nfrf
r		 A40
wnn-nfr

Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲛⲟϥⲉⲣ (benofer)
  • Old Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁϥⲣ (ouenafr)
  • Oxyrhynchite Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁⲃⲣⲉ (ouenabre)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (ouenofre)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ὀνούφριος (Onoúphrios)
    • Greek: Ονούφριος (Onoúfrios)
    • → English: Onuphrius
    • → Italian: Onofrio
    • → Romanian: Onufrie
    • → Russian: Онуфрий (Onufrij)
    • → Spanish: Onofre
    • → Portuguese: Onofre
  • → Arabic: ابو نفر (ʔabū nufir), ابو نوفر (ʔabū nūfir), نوفير (nūfir)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 251, 459.
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