Copt

See also: copt and сорт

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Coptic or French copte.

Symbol

Copt

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Coptic.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian

(ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒpt, -ɑpt
• Homophone: copped

Noun

Copt (plural Copts)

1. A member of the Coptic Church.
2. (loosely) Any Christian of Egyptian descent.

Derived terms

• Coptology

Translations

member of the Coptic Church

• Albanian: kopt m, kopte f
• Arabic: قِبْطِيّ m (qibṭiyy), قُبْطِيّ m (qubṭiyy)
• Armenian: ղպտի (ġpti)
• Aromanian: copt m, coaptã f
• Azerbaijani: qibti
• Bengali: কিবত (kibot), কিবৎ (kibot)
• Catalan: copte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科普特人 (Kēpǔtèrén)

• Coptic: ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ (NiRem̀nkhēmi ̀ǹKhrēstìanos)
• Danish: kopter c
• Dutch: kopt (nl)
• Faroese: koptari m
• Finnish: kopti (fi)
• French: copte (fr) m
• German: Kopte m, Koptin f
• Greek: Κόπτης (el) m (Kóptis), Κόπτισσα f (Kóptissa)
• Hebrew: קוֹפְּטִי m (koptí), קוֹפְּטִית f (koptít)
• Hindi: कॉप्ट (kŏpṭ), क़ुब्ती (qubtī)
• Irish: Coptach m
• Italian: copto m
• Macedonian: копт m (kopt), ко́птка f (kóptka)
• Persian: قبطی (qebti)
• Polish: Kopt (pl) m
• Portuguese: copta (pt) m or f
• Romanian: copt (ro) m, coptă (ro) 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
• Tajik: қибтӣ (qibti)
• Turkish: Kıptî (tr)
• Uzbek: qibtiy
• Volapük: (♂♀) koptan, (♂) hikoptan, (♀) jikoptan

See also

• Copt Heath

Anagrams

• POTC