ⲣⲁⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲣⲁⲙⲏ (ramē), ⲣⲁⲁⲙⲉ (raame) — Sahidic
• ⲣⲁⲙⲓ (rami) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (rm, “tilapia”), from Egyptian

(rm, “tilapia”).

Noun

ⲣⲁⲙⲉ • (rame) m or f (plural not attested)

1. (Sahidic) tilapia (Tilapia nilotica)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 294a
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 136