ϫⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (čōōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
ϫⲱⲙⲉ (čōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čoume) — Akhmimic
ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (čōōmi), ϫⲱⲙⲓ (čōmi), ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (čoome), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (čome) — Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /t͡ʃʼoːm/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /ɟum/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ɡom/

Noun

ϫⲱⲙ • (čōm) m

(Bohairic) scroll, book

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 770

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