ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
edit- ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩ (čm̄peh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉϩ (čempeh), ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲏϩ (čm̄pēh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲏϩ (čempēh), ϫⲏⲡⲉϩ (čēpeh) — Sahidic
- ϫⲙⲡⲏϩ (čmpēh), ϫⲡⲏϩ (čpēh) — Akhmimic
- ϫⲓⲙⲡⲉϩ (čimpeh), ϫⲉⲡⲉϩ (čepeh) — Fayyumic
Etymology
editFrom Demotic ḏmpḥ, from Late Egyptian ḏpḥ, borrowed from a Semitic language; compare Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ), Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappūaḥ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəmˈpʰeh/
- (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /ɟamˈbah/
- (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɱˈfeh/
Noun
editϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ • (čempheh) m (plural ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ (čempheh))
References
edit- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 771
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
- Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN