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Copht

  [kopt]
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–noun
Copt.

Copt

  [kopt]
–noun
1. a member of the Coptic Church.
2. a native Egyptian claiming descent from the ancient Egyptians.
Also, Copht.

Origin:
1605–15; < Ar qubṭ, back formation from qubṭī < Coptic kyptios, var. of gyptios < Gk Aigýptios Egyptian
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Copt 
1615, from Ar. quft, probably from Coptic gyptios, from Gk. Agyptios "Egyptian." Native Egyptian Christian belonging to the Jacobite sect of Monophysites. Arabic has no -p- and often substitutes -f- or -b- for it.
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