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Coptic
Etymology
ⲛⲓ- (ni-, plural definite article) + ⲣⲁⲛ (ran, “name”, noun). Heuser suggest it to be an abbreviation of another name, most likely ⲡⲁⲛⲓⲣⲁⲛ (paniran), "the one of the names".
Proper noun
ⲛⲓⲣⲁⲛ • (niran) m
- a male given name, variant of ⲡⲁⲛⲓⲣⲁⲛ (paniran)
References
- G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten, Leipzig 1929