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The Coptic Alphabet

Alpha Aa A (ART) an (an = not) P (as in paiwt (pa-iot =


Pee Pp Paul)
abba my father)
V (VALVE)
(ava=father) Ro Rr R (ROAD) rir (rir = pig)
Vita Bb
n3b Sima Cc S (CITY) cir (sir= well)
B (BELL)
(neeb = master) tebt (tevt= fish)
Tav Tt T (TEST)
G (as in Ajioc
Good) (A-gios = Holy) V (as in Ctavroc
nave) (stav-ros = cross)
Gh ‫( غ‬as Jabri3l
Ghamma Jj in Oghnia (Ghav-riel = Iwannov
Epsilon Vv Long O (as
(Ar: Song)) Gabiel) in no) (you-an-no =
John)
NG (as in ajjeloc (Angelos
Angel) E (as in kvrie (Ke-riee =
= Angel)
hero) Lord)
ZTH (as in dwron PH (as in feri (phe-ri =
Then) (Ztho-roon = gift) Fee Ff Phone)
Delta Dd new)
D (as in David (Da-Veed K x3me (keemi =
David) = David) (Kin) Egypt)
en in some Greek words:
Ei Ee E (PEN)
(en = monkey) SH xere
Khe Xx
pi6 (Pi-Soo = the (SHOW) (shere = hail)
Soo ^6 Soo
six) Arabic KH ‫خ‬ `Xrictoc
zenzen (zen-zen "KHIAR" (ekhristos =
Zeta Zz Z (ZOO) (cucumber) Christ)
= lizard)
3rp PS (as in yalmoc (psal-
Eeta #3 EE (FEET) Epsi Yy Psalmody)
(eerp = wine) mos = psalm)
TH (as in 0ai 0wk
Oou Ww Oa (Board)
Think) (Thai = this) (thoak =thine)
Theta )0 acpazec0e Sh (as in 2ai (shai
T (as in Shai @2 Shake)
(As-pa-zes-te = =feast)
Tree)
Greet) Fai $4 F (as in Fish) 4wi (foi= hair)
I (SIT) iab Arabic KH ‫خ‬
Yota Ii Y (YET) qen (khen=
(yab= elephant) Khai Qq "KHIAR"
(cucumber) with/in)
k3k
Kappa Kk K (LIKE) H (as in nahren (nah-
(keek = cake) Horee Hh House) ren = before)
Lola L (as in alla
(Lavla)
Ll Lamb) Agp
(al-la= but) G (as in Go)
Jenja (Agp = hour)
Mey Mm M (MOON) ma (ma= place) (Ganga)
Gg
J (as in Joy) ge (Je = For)
Ney Nn N(NEAR) an (an = not)
ch (as in soic (choice=
ks (as in a7ioc Cheema Ss
Eksi &7 thanks)
church) lord)
(aksios= worthy)
Ti or tee (as cw5 (sotee=
O Oo O (NOT) oili (oily = ram) Tee %5 in teepee) save)

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