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Copt

Pronunciation: /kɒpt/

The English word “Copt” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A member of the Coptic Church.
  2. Any Christian of Egyptian descent.

Etymology

Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.

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