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English
Etymology
From French copte, from قُبْط (qobṭ, “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
Noun
Copt (plural Copts)
- A member of the Coptic Church.
- (loosely) Any Christian of Egyptian descent.
Translations
member of the Coptic Church
- Albanian: kopt m, kopte f
- Arabic: قِبْطِيّ m (qibṭiyy), قُبْطِيّ m (qubṭiyy); الْقِبْط (al-qibṭ), الْقُبْط (al-qubṭ) (collective); أَقْبَاط m pl (ʔaqbāṭ) (plural)
- 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)
- 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
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