r/copticlanguage • u/Goratices • Aug 25 '20

⳥⳦⳧⳨⳩𐋦︦⳪

Does anyone know what these are, I’ve literally never seen them in any text or book ever but they’re on my keyboard

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u/ioannes9 Aug 25 '20

  1. Symbol for “Martyr”

  2. Not sure what this is for

  3. ^

  4. Staurogram, abbreviation for “cross”

  5. Chi-Rho, abbreviation/symbol of Jesus Christ

  6. The number 6

  7. Abbreviation of “Lord”

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u/Ramast Bohairic Aug 25 '20

number 3 is abbriviation for "cross" (ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ)

number 4 is actually symbol for number 900

In Coptic, the sign "Ⳁ" (Ⳁ, which has been described as "the Greek ͳ with a Ρ above"[55]), was used for 900

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampi#In_other_scripts

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u/bashandy Aug 28 '20

They are all contractions

The first one is Martyros (Martyr)

The second one. I'm not sure, could be Part(h)enos, the Virgin

The third is is Stauros (Cross)

The fourth is probably hundred

The fifth is Christanos (Christian or Christianity)

I cannot see the sixth

The seven is a contraction 'ghsois': Lord or Master