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
(ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.
Noun
Copt (plural Copts)
- A member of the Coptic Church.
- (loosely) Any Christian of Egyptian descent.
Translations
member of the Coptic Church
- Albanian: kopt m, kopte f
- Arabic: قِبْطِيّ m (qibṭiyy), قُبْطِيّ m (qubṭiyy)
- Armenian: ղպտի (ġpti)
- Aromanian: copt m, coaptã f
- Azerbaijani: qibti
- Bengali: কিবত (kibot), কিবৎ (kibot)
- Catalan: copte (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 科普特人 (Kēpǔtèrén)
- Coptic: ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ (NiRem̀nkhēmi ̀ǹKhrēstìanos)
- Danish: kopter c
- Dutch: kopt (nl)
- Faroese: koptari m
- Finnish: kopti (fi)
- French: copte (fr) m
- German: Kopte m, Koptin f
- Greek: Κόπτης (el) m (Kóptis), Κόπτισσα f (Kóptissa)
- Hebrew: קוֹפְּטִי m (koptí), קוֹפְּטִית f (koptít)
- Hindi: कॉप्ट (kŏpṭ)
- Irish: Coptach m
- Italian: copto m
- Macedonian: копт m (kopt), ко́птка f (kóptka)
- Persian: قبطی (qebti)
- Polish: Kopt (pl) m
- Portuguese: copta (pt) m or f
- Romanian: copt (ro) m, coptă (ro) f
- Russian: копт (ru) m (kopt), ко́птка f (kóptka)
- Spanish: copto (es) m, copta (es) f
- Swedish: (male) kopt (sv) c, (female) koptiska (sv) c
- Tajik: қибтӣ (qibti)
- Turkish: Kıptî (tr)
- Uzbek: qibtiy
- Volapük: (♂♀) koptan, (♂) hikoptan, (♀) jikoptan
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