ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϭⲣⲟⲟⲙⲡⲉ (čroompe) — Sahidic
- ϭⲉⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ (čerompe) — Sahidic
- ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ (črompe) — Sahidic
- ϭⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (črampe) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ϫⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (jrampi) — Fayyumic
- ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (čerampi) — Fayyumic
- ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (čerampe) — Fayyumic
- ϭⲣⲁⲁⲙⲡⲉ (čraampe) — Akhmimic
Etymology
From Demotic Egyptian grmp (“pigeon”), from Egyptian gr-nj-pt (“pigeon”), from gr (a kind of bird) + nj (“of”) + pt (“sky”).
Noun
ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ • (črompi) m or f
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 828
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335
- Vycichl, Werner (1983), Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 346