ϭⲟⲙϥ

Coptic

Papyrus plants

Alternative forms

• ϫⲟⲟⲩϥ (čoouf) — Sahidic
• ϭⲟⲛϥ (conf) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ḏwf (“papyrus”), from Egyptian (ṯwfj, “papyrus plant, papyrus marsh”).

Noun

ϭⲟⲙϥ • (comf) m

1. (Bohairic) papyrus (plant)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 322
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 795