ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲡ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ (iōsēph) — Sahidic
• ⲟⲩⲥⲏⲫ (ousēph) — Sahidic
• ⲃⲁⲥⲟⲫ (basoph) — Bohairic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Sahidic) /iɔː.sɛ̌ːp/

Proper noun

ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲡ • (iōsēp) m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: يوساب (yosāb)

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