ϫⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

A scribe sitting with scroll

ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (jōōme) – Sahidic, Fayyumic
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 ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).

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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, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 770

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