Coptic

English

Etymology

From Copt +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒp.tɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑp.tɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒptɪk
• Hyphenation: Cop‧tic

Adjective

Coptic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or to the Coptic language.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Copts, Coptic Orthodox Church or to the Coptic language

• Albanian: kopt m, kopte f (adjective)
• Arabic: قِبْطِيّ‎ (qibṭiyy)
• Armenian: ղպտիական (hy) (ġptiakan)
• Aromanian: copt, coptescu, cuptescu (male), coaptã, copteascã, cupteascã (female)
• Bengali: কিবতী (kibtī)
• Catalan: copte (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科普特的 (Kēpǔtè de)

• Coptic: ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ m (remǹkhēmi, literally “Man of Egypt”) (bohairic)
• Czech: koptský, koptický
• Danish: koptisk (da)
• Dutch: Koptisch (nl) n (language), Koptisch (nl) (general)
• Finnish: koptilainen (fi)
• French: copte (fr), coptique (fr)
• Galician: copto m
• German: koptisch (de)
• Greek: κοπτικός (el) (koptikós)
• Gujarati: કિબતી (kibtī)
• Hindi: किब्ती (kibtī)
• Icelandic: koptískur (is)
• Irish: Coptach (general), Coptais (language)
• Italian: copto
• Latin: Copticus, copticus
• Macedonian: коптски m (koptski)
• Malay: Qibti
• Maori: kapatiki
• Marathi: कॉप्टिक (kŏpṭik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koptisk

  Nynorsk: koptisk

• Persian: قبطی‎ (qebti)
• Polish: koptyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: copta (pt), cóptico
• Romanian: copt (ro) m, coptă (ro) f (adjective)
• Russian: ко́птский (ru) (kóptskij)
• Spanish: copto (es), cóptico

Noun

Coptic (uncountable)

1. The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.

Translations

language

• Albanian: gjuha kopte f, koptisht (adverb)
• Arabic: القِبْطِيَّة‎ f (al-qibṭiyya), اللُّغَة القِبْطِيَّة‎ f (al-luḡa l-qibṭiyya), قِبْطِيّ‎ m (qibṭiyy) (colloquial)
• Armenian: ղպտիերեն (hy) (ġptieren)
• Azerbaijani: qibti dili
• Basque: koptoera
• Bengali: কিবতী (kibtī)
• Catalan: copte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科普特語／科普特语 (zh) (Kēpǔtèyǔ)

• Coptic: ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ (metremnkhēmi)
• Czech: koptština (cs) f
• Finnish: kopti (fi), koptin kieli
• French: copte (fr) m, coptique (fr) m
• Galician: copto m
• German: Koptisch n
• Greek: Κοπτική f (Koptikí), κοπτικά (el) n pl (koptiká)
• Gujarati: કિબતી (kibtī)
• Hindi: किब्ती (kibtī)
• Icelandic: koptíska (is) f
• Irish: Coptais f
• Japanese: コプト語 (ja) (Koputo-go)
• Latin: lingua Coptica f, lingua coptica f
• Maori: kapatiki
• Marathi: कॉप्टिक f (kŏpṭik)
• Persian: قبطی‎ (qebti)
• Polish: język koptyjski m
• Portuguese: copta (pt) m, cóptico m
• Romanian: limba coptă f, coptă (ro) f, copteşte (adverb)
• Russian: ко́птский (ru) m (kóptskij)
• Spanish: copto (es) m
• Uzbek: qibtiy tili
• Vietnamese: tiếng Copt
• Volapük: koptapük

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Coptic terms
• Copt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coptic language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Coptic, cop ⁠