Ptolemy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒləmi/
• enPR: tälʹəm-ē, IPA^(key): /ˈtɑləmi/

Proper noun

Ptolemy

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.
2. An ancient Greek astronomer.

Derived terms

• Ptolemaic

Translations

name of Greek origin

• Arabic: بَطُلِيمُوس m (baṭulīmūs)
• Armenian: Պտղոմեոս (Ptġomeos)

  Old Armenian: Պտղոմէոս (Ptłomēos)

• Bulgarian: Птолемей (Ptolemej)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托勒密 (zh) (Tuōlèmì)

• Coptic: ⲡⲧⲟⲗⲉⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ (ptolemaios)
• Czech: Ptolemaios m
• Danish: Ptolemæus
• Estonian: Ptolemaios
• Finnish: Ptolemaios
• French: Ptolémée (fr) m
• Georgian: პტოლემე (ṗṭoleme)
• German: Ptolemäus m, Ptolemaios m
• Greek: Πτολεμαίος (el) m (Ptolemaíos)

  Ancient: Πτολεμαῖος m (Ptolemaîos)

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• Hebrew: תּלמי (he) (talmai)
• Italian: Tolomeo (it) m
• Japanese: プトレマイオス (Putoremaiosu)
• Korean: 프톨레마이오스 (Peutollemaioseu)
• Latin: Ptolemaeus m
• Latvian: Ptolemajs m
• Lithuanian: Ptolemėjus m
• Macedonian: Птоломеј m (Ptolomej)
• Polish: Ptolemeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ptolomeu (pt) m, Ptolemeu m
• Romanian: Ptolemeu m
• Russian: Птолеме́й (ru) m (Ptoleméj)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ptolomaidh
• Spanish: Ptolomeo m, Tolomeo (es) m
• Swedish: Ptolemaios
• Turkish: Batlamyus