ϫⲱⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

A scribe sitting with scroll

• ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (čōōme) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
• ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čououme), ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čoume) — Akhmimic
• ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (čōōmi), ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (čoome), ϫⲟⲙⲉ (čome), ϫⲱⲙⲓ (čōmi) — Fayyumic
• ϫⲱⲙ (čōm) — Bohairic

Etymology

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

Noun

ϫⲱⲙⲉ • (čōme) m

1. (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