ⲭⲏⲙⲓ

Coptic

The Egyptian kingdom, ϯⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ̀ⲛⲬⲏⲙⲓ

Alternative forms

ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme) – Sahidic
ⲕⲏⲙⲓ (kēmi) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic kmj, from Egyptian kmt. Compare Coptic ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame, “black; black color”).

I6 [km]

G17 [m]

X1 [t]

O49

Pronunciation

(Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeːmə/
(Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːmi/

Proper noun

Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (Khēmi) m

(Bohairic) Egypt

Derived terms

ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ (remnkhēmi, “Egyptian (person)”)
ⲭⲁⲙⲏ (khamē) – Bohairic (black)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 110

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