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Name 201919

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Name
Pella
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps ⲡⲉⲗ-, 'to come out, be' + -ⲁ (predicative) = 'the one who comes out'.
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common word: participle
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Name 201920

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Name
Penatti
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: possibly cognate with the Nobiin ⲡⲉ/ⲓⲛⲁⲧⲓ, 'woman's veil'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201922

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Name
Penti
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably deriving from ⲡⲉⲧ(ⲧ)ⲓ-, ‘date, date palm’, cognate with theNobiin ⲫⲉⲛⲧ(ⲧⲓ)- + -ⲁ.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 6b
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common word: noun
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Name 201924

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Name
Pentadourin
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 703704 and Nam 201922.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 6b
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Name 201925

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Name
Pentidtou
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local?
Etymology
The name seems to be Nubian, but its etymology is unknown.
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Name 201928

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Name
Perisa
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: possibly cognate with the Nobiin ⲡⲁⲣⲥⲓ, 'twin' + -ⲁ = 'the twin'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201929

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Name
Pirri
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: cognate with the Nobiin ⲡⲓⲣⲣ-, 'to rise, raise' + -ⲓ (agent-substantive formant) = 'the one who rises/raises'
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common word: noun
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Name 201930

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Name
Perse
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably cognate with the Nobiin ⲡⲁⲣⲥⲓ, 'twin'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201934

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Name
Persil
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably cognate with the Nobiin ⲡⲁⲣⲥⲓ, 'twin'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201940

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Name
Perng( )
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
The name appears to be Nubian, but its etymology is unknown.
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Name 201941

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Name
Pesa
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: *ⲡⲉⲥ-, 'sibling' + -ⲁ = 'the brother/sister'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201943

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Name
Pisenthia
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
hybrid
Genealogy
Greco-Egyptian
Origin
local
Etymology
This is most probably a female version of the name Pisenthios. Inspiration: bishop of Koptos of 7th c.
Literature
 
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proper noun: saint
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