Name 200959: Engajil

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Name: Engajil
Gender: unknown
Structure: compound
Type: monolingual
Genealogy: Nubian
Origin: local
Etymology: Meaning: either ⲉⲛ-, 'mother' (+ -ⲛ [genitive]) + ⲅⲁⳝ-, 'pleasure' + -ⲗ = 'pleasure of mother'; or ⲉⲛⲅⲁ < ⲉⳟⳟⲁⲗ, 'brother' + ⳝⲗ < ⳝⲓⲣ-, 'to be near, approach' + -ⲗ = 'the one who is near (his/her) brother'.
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