Ofelia

From the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleiă, “help”, “aid”, “succour”), coined by Jacopo Sannazaro.

• IPA^(key): /oˈfɛ.lja/
• Rhymes: -ɛlja
• Hyphenation: O‧fè‧lia

Ofelia f

1. Ophelia
   • 1524 [c. 1480], Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia, Venice, →OCLC, unnumbered page:

     Ophelia in cõtrario diceua eſſer ſuo, & con ambe le mani ſi tenea per le corna il guadagnato ariete.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jacopo Sannazaro to this entry?)

• English: Ophelia
• →? French: Ophélie
• →? Norman: Ophélie
• →? Portuguese: Ofélia
• →? Spanish: Ofelia

• afelio

Possibly borrowed from Italian Ofelia.

• IPA^(key): /oˈfelja/ [oˈfe.lja]
• Rhymes: -elja
• Syllabification: O‧fe‧lia

Ofelia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Ophelia

Borrowed from Spanish Ofelia, possibly from Italian Ofelia. Doublet of Ophelia.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈfelja/ [ʔoˈfɛl.jɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ʔoˈpelja/ [ʔoˈpɛl.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -elja
• Syllabification: O‧fel‧ia

Ofelia (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Ophelia