София

Russian

proper noun+

Definitions

Sofia (capital city in Bulgaria)
Sofia Aeon of wisdom in Gnosticism

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφία (wisdom, knowledge).

Origin

Ancient Greek

σοφία

Gloss

wisdom, knowledge

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-sophy English
Sophia English
Sophie French
Со́ня Russian
Софья Russian
Sofía Spanish, Castilian
θεάνθρωπος Ancient Greek
σοφία Ancient Greek
σοφός Ancient Greek
filsafat Indonesian
Sofija Latvian
София Bulgarian
ⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ Coptic