أسقف

Concepts

bishop

prelate

pontiff

roof

sex toy

Translations

évêque

επίσκοπος

bisschop

obispo

Bischof

bisbe

vescovo

piskopos

Prälat

bispo

δεσπότης

episcopus

prélat

prelato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʔus.quf/

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ (ʾeppisqoppā) or a variant thereof, whence Persian سکوبا (sokubâ) might have been derived via Middle Persian *uskōpā, a borrowing of Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).