ϫⲱⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (jōōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (jououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (joume) — Akhmimic
ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (jōōmi), ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (joome), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (jome), ϫⲱⲙⲓ (jōmi) — Fayyumic
ϫⲱⲙ (jōm) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).

Noun

ϫⲱⲙⲉ • (jōme) m

(Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) 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