ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲣⲟⲥ (theodoros) – Bohairic, Sahidic
- ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲩ (theodōrou) – Bohairic
- ⲑⲉⲟⲧⲟⲣⲟⲥ (theotoros) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of god”).
Proper noun
ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ • (theodōros) m
- A male given name
Descendants
- → Arabic: تاوضروس (tāwaḍrūs)
References
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114
- 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