ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲣⲟⲥ (theodoros) — Bohairic, Sahidic
ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲩ (theodōrou) — Bohairic
ⲑⲉⲟⲧⲟⲣⲟⲥ (theotoros) — Bohairic
ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲣ (thōter) — Sahidic
ⲑⲱⲧⲣⲓ (thōtri) — Bohairic
ⲧⲉϫⲓ (teči) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of god”).

Proper noun

ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ • (theodōros) m

a male given name from Greek

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
G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten, Leipzig 1929, p.97

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