ⲭⲣⲉⲙⲧⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic qrmṱs (“obscurity”).

Noun

ⲭⲣⲉⲙⲧⲥ • (khremts) m

  1. (Bohairic) smoke, mist, obscurity
  2. (Bohairic) tobacco (Coined by Zeniya Copts ca. 1600)

References
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
  • Worrell, W.H. (1937) Popular Traditions of the Coptic Language‎, The University of Chicago Press
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 62
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