ϫⲱⲙⲓ
Coptic
Alternative forms
A scribe sitting with scroll
- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (čōōme) – Sahidic, Fayyumic
- ϫⲱⲙⲉ (čōme) – Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čoume) – Akhmimic
- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (čōōmi), ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (čoome), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (čome) – Fayyumic
- ϫⲱⲙ (čōm) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Fayyumic) /t͡ʃʼoːmi/
Noun
ϫⲱⲙⲓ • (čōmi) m
- (Fayyumic) 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