ϫⲱⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (čōōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čoume) — Akhmimic
ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (čōōmi), ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (čoome), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (čome), ϫⲱⲙⲓ (čōmi) — Fayyumic
ϫⲱⲙ (čōm) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).

Noun

ϫⲱⲙⲉ • (čōme) m

(Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) scroll, book

References

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