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Gender Feminine
Usage Coptic, Egyptian Mythology
Scripts ⲧⲁⲡϣⲁⲓ(Coptic) دبشاية(Arabic) Ταψαις(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsTapšay, Tapshai, Dabšāya, Dabshaya, Tapsais
Meaning & History
Ultimately from Egyptian ta-pȝ-šȝy meaning "she of Shai", in Coptic derived from the possessive feminine article ⲧⲁ- (ta-) combined with the name of the god Shai. Alternatively, the second element could derive directly from the word ϣⲁⲓ (šai) meaning "fate, destiny". This was also the name of an Egyptian goddess worshipped in Kellis, a village in ancient Upper Egypt. She may have been a local woman deified after death.