ϫⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

A scribe sitting with scroll

• 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

1. (Bohairic) 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