Given name · also Ancient Greek
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ
“son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ (bartholomeos) is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Coptic.
Original Aramaicבר תלמי
Meaning & origin
What it means
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ goes back to Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai), meaning “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Coptic usage, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ developed from בר תלמי.
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ’s family of names
In Coptic usage, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ developed from the Aramaic form בר תלמי.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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