noun
Meaning 1
A member of the Coptic Church.
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noun
A member of the Coptic Church.
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noun
Any Christian of Egyptian descent.
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Usage: broadly
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verb
simple past and past participle of cop
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Usage: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
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noun
a member of the Coptic Church
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Broader terms: Christian
noun
an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians
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Broader terms: Egyptian
History
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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