ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ (paule) — Sahidic
• ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ (paulos) — Bohairic
• ⲡⲁⲩⲗ (paul) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos).

Proper noun

ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲏ • (paulē) m

1. a male given name from Greek, variant of ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ (paulos), equivalent to English Paul

Descendants

• → Arabic: بولا (bawla, bōla)

References

• 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