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)”).

G20

V12

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

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