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