ϫⲙⲡⲉϩ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉϩ (jempeh), ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲏϩ (jm̄pēh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲏϩ (jempēh), ϫⲏⲡⲉϩ (jēpeh) — Sahidic
- ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ (jempheh) — Bohairic
- ϫⲙⲡⲏϩ (jmpēh), ϫⲡⲏϩ (jpēh) — Akhmimic
- ϫⲓⲙⲡⲉϩ (jimpeh), ϫⲉⲡⲉϩ (jepeh) — Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic Egyptian ḏmpḥ, from Late Egyptian ḏpḥ, borrowed from a Semitic language; compare Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ), Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappūaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃəmˈpeh/
Noun
ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩ • (jm̄peh) m (plural ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩ (jm̄peh))
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 771
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
- Hoch, James E. (1994), Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN