Name 202664: Dia

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Name
Dia
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian or Semitic: Arabic
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning: If this is a Nubian name, it perhaps derives from ⲇⲓⲉⲓ-, ‘to be many’ + -ⲁ (predicative) = 'the one who is many' (cf. the Nobiin ⲇⲓ̈-ⲁ, ‘enough’). However, it also can be interpreted as the Arabic name Diḥya.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 36a
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