ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ (paule) — Sahidic
• ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲏ (paulē) — Bohairic
• ⲡⲁⲩⲗ (paul) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos).

Proper noun

ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ • (paulos) m

1. a male given name from Greek, equivalent to English Paul
2. Paul

Descendants

• → Arabic: بولس (būlus)

References

• 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