Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE) origin
Source-reportedFrom Middle Irish Partholón, from Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”); assimilated to the suffix -án.
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- Wiktionary: ParthalánCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
