ϫⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (jōōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
ϫⲱⲙⲉ (jōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (jououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (joume) — Akhmimic
ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (jōōmi), ϫⲱⲙⲓ (jōmi), ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (joome), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (jome) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian 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 • (jōm) m

(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