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Name 202328

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Name
Khalīfa
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'successor, caliph'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 25k
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Name 202329

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Name
Chaliphaha
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Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 703808 and Nam 202328.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 25k
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Name 202333

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Name
Chrysolithos
Gender
female
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: χρυσόλιθος, 'topaz'.
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common word: noun
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Name 202338

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Name
Chrysostomos
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Inspiration: If the abbreviation is indeed to be resolved as ⲭⲣⲩⲥ(ⲟⲥⲧⲟⲙⲟⲥ), it surely goes back to John Chrysostom. However, other names starting with Chrys- or Chris- are possible, too.
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proper noun: saint
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Name 202342

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Name
Okotol Dauid
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Type
 
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Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 703860 and Nam 202641.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 38a
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Name 202343

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Name
Olpna
Gender
male
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 202346

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Name
Shikami
Gender
male
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 202349

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Name
Shikortinangal
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps derivative of ϣⲓⲅⲣ̄-, 'spear' + -ⲛⲁ (genitive) + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Shikorti' = 'son of the spear'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 24i
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Name 202350

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Name
Shikpore
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Blemmyan/Beja
Origin
foreign
Etymology
The meaning of the name is unknown, but it appears to be a variant of the Blemmyan name Inshikpour (TM Nam 27562).
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Name 202351

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Name
Shipopi
Gender
unknown
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 202352

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Name
Sharaf
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'honor, dignity, greatness'. Alternatively, it may be cognate with the Nobiin ϣⲓⲣⲡ-, 'to cry, weep'.
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Name 202354

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Name
Shouda
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ϣⲟⲩⲇⲁ, perhaps cognate with the Dongolawi súnd-, 'lip'.
Literature
I. Banganarti 2 109
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