Save Gender Masculine Usage Coptic Scripts ⲡⲁⲧⲁⲡⲏ(Coptic) Meaning & History From Egyptian pꜣ-dj-ḥp meaning "given by Apis" or "given by Hapi", derived from pꜣ "the; he of" combined with dj "given" and the name of either Apis, the sacred bull, or Hapi, god of the Nile river's annual flooding.