ϫⲙⲡⲉϩ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉϩ (čempeh), ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲏϩ (čm̄pēh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲏϩ (čempēh), ϫⲏⲡⲉϩ (čēpeh) — Sahidic
- ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ (čempheh) — Bohairic
- ϫⲙⲡⲏϩ (čmpēh), ϫⲡⲏϩ (čpēh) — Akhmimic
- ϫⲓⲙⲡⲉϩ (čimpeh), ϫⲉⲡⲉϩ (čepeh) — Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic ḏmpḥ, from Late Egyptian ḏpḥ, borrowed from a Semitic language; compare Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ), Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappūaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃəmˈpeh/
Noun
ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩ • (čm̄peh) m (plural ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩ (čm̄peh))
References
- 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