ϫⲱⲙⲉ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
edit- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (čōōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
- ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čoume) — Akhmimic
- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (čōōmi), ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (čoome), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (čome), ϫⲱⲙⲓ (čōmi) — Fayyumic
- ϫⲱⲙ (čōm) — Bohairic
Etymology
editFrom Demotic ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).
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Noun
editϫⲱⲙⲉ • (čōme) m
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) scroll, book
References
edit- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 770