ⲭⲏⲙⲓ

Coptic edit

Egypt

Alternative forms edit

ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme) — Sahidic
ⲕⲏⲙⲓ (kēmi) — Fayyumic

Etymology edit

From Demotic kmj, from Egyptian kmt. Compare Coptic ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame, “black; black color”).

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Pronunciation edit

(Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeːmə/
(Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.mi/
(Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkimi/
(Modern) IPA^(key): /kiːmi/

Proper noun edit

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ⲭⲏⲙⲓ • (khēmi) m or f

(Bohairic) Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Derived terms edit

ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ (remnkhēmi, “Egyptian (person)”)
ⲭⲁⲙⲏ (khamē) — Bohairic (black)

Noun edit

ⲭⲏⲙⲓ • (khēmi) f

(Bohairic) hearth, brazier

References edit

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 110

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