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The oldest layer of the Egyptian naming tradition is native Egyptian names. These can be either traced back to pre-Coptic stage of the language, attested in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic or Demotic texts (i.e. ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ Amoun, ⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣϩⲟ Naberho, ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱϫ Herwōč, ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲓ Taēsi) or be first attested in Coptic texts and derived from purely Coptic lemmas (i.e ...
This is a list of traditional Coptic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of Egypt and the Coptic Christianity and the Coptic names given to them. Places whose names originate from the Coptic language. Places whose names were derived from the Coptic language by scholars.
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The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and also by Ethiopia as its official calendar (with different names). This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar .
ⲁⲓϫⲓⲙⲓ Aijimi a-i-jimi PFV - 1SG -find. ABS ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ əmpaiōt əm-p-a-iōt PREP - DEF: MASC: SG - 1SG -father ⲁⲓϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ Aijimi əmpaiōt a-i-jimi əm-p-a-iōt PFV-1SG-find.ABS PREP-DEF:MASC:SG-1SG-father 'I found my father.' Nominal state grade ⲁⲓϫⲉⲙ Aijem a-i-jem PFV - 1SG -find. NOM ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ paiōt p-a-iōt DEF: MASC: SG ...
The Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, romanized: Ti-eklisia en-remenkimi en-orthodhoxos, lit. 'the Egyptian Orthodox Church'), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria , is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt .
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Early church historians, writers, and fathers testified to the numerous Copt martyrs. Tertullian, a 3rd-century North African lawyer, wrote, "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts."