isqof
Maltese
/ˈɪsʔɔf/
noun
Definitions
- bishop church official
- (chess) bishop chess piece
Etymology
Inherited from Arabic أُسْقُف (bishop) derived from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐπίσκοπος
Gloss
overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer
Kanji
督
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archbishop English
- bishop English
- (e)biscopus, biscopus Latin
- episcopos Latin
- episcopus Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- епи́скоп Russian
- епископ Russian
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- biskop Norwegian Bokmål
- biskup Old Norse
- أُسْقُف Arabic
- episkop Serbo-Croatian
- епископ Serbo-Croatian
- arhiepiscop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- επίσκοπος Greek (modern)
- եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
- uskup Malay
- епископ Bulgarian
- ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
- епископ Macedonian
- askofu Swahili
- епіскап Belarusian
- vyskupas Lithuanian
- ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
- *uskōpā Middle Persian
- אפיסקופא Aramaic
- superintendens la-ecc