ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲱⲙ (čōm) — Bohairic
- ϫⲱⲙⲉ (čōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čououme) — Akhmimic
- ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čoume) — Akhmimic
- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (čōōmi) — Fayyumic
- ϫⲱⲙⲓ (čōmi) — Fayyumic
- ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (čoome) — Fayyumic
- ϫⲟⲙⲉ (čome) — Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).
Noun
ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ • (čōōme) m (plural ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (čōōme))
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