ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (jōōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
- ϫⲱⲙⲉ (jōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (jououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (joume) — Akhmimic
- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (jōōmi), ϫⲱⲙⲓ (jōmi), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (jome) — Fayyumic
- ϫⲱⲙ (jōm) — Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Fayyumic) /t͡ʃʼoːme/
Noun
ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ • (joome) m
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