Copt

See also: copt and сорт

English

Etymology

From French Copte, from Egyptian Arabic قُفْط‎, قُبْط‎ (“Copts”), back-formation from قُفْطِيّ‎ (“Coptic”), قِفْطِيّ‎ (“(same)”), قُبْطِيّ‎ (“(same)”), قِبْطِيّ‎ (“(same)”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos). More at Egypt.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒpt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /kɑpt/
Homophone: copped

Noun

Copt (plural Copts)

A member of the Coptic Church.

Translations

member of the Coptic Church

Arabic: قِبْطِيّ‎‎ m (qibṭiyy), قُبْطِيّ‎‎ m (qubṭiyy); الْقِبْط‎‎ (al-qibṭ), الْقُبْط‎‎ (al-qubṭ) (collective); أَقْبَاط‎‎ m pl (ʾaqbāṭ) (plural)
Armenian: ղպտի (łpti)
Catalan: copte m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 科普特人 (Kēpǔtèrén)
Danish: kopter c
Faroese: koptari m
Finnish: kopti (fi)
French: Copte (fr) m
German: Kopte m, Koptin f

Greek: Κόπτης (el) m (Kóptis), Κόπτισσα f (Kóptissa)
Italian: copto m
Macedonian: копт m (kopt), ко́птка f (kóptka)
Persian: قبطی‎‎ (qebti)
Polish: Kopt m
Portuguese: copta (pt) m, f
Russian: копт (ru) m (kopt), ко́птка f (kóptka)
Spanish: copto (es) m, copta (es) f
Swedish: (male) kopt (sv) c, (female) koptiska (sv) c
Volapük: (♂♀) koptan, (♂) hikoptan, (♀) jikoptan

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