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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Copt”). Hence a doublet of قبطي (ʔibṭi) and in fact the more native form, but apparently adopted by the Arabs in a mocking manner.
Noun
كوفتس • (kūftis) m
- (ethnic slur) an offensive word for a Copt