ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲣⲟⲥ (theodoros) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲩ (theodōrou) — Bohairic
• ⲑⲉⲟⲧⲟⲣⲟⲥ (theotoros) — Bohairic
• ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲣ (thōter) — Sahidic
• ⲑⲱⲧⲣⲓ (thōtri) — Bohairic
• ⲧⲉϫⲓ (teči) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of god”).

Proper noun

ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ • (theodōros) m

1. a male given name from Greek

Descendants

• → Arabic: تاوضروس (tāwaḍrūs)

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114
• Isḥāḳ, Emile Māher. 1975. "The phonetics and phonology of the Boḥairic dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Word in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic". University of Oxford
• G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten, Leipzig 1929, p.97