ⲕⲏⲙⲉ

Coptic

FWOTD – 30 November 2015

Alternative forms

• ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic kmj, from Egyptian kmt,

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeːmə/

Proper noun

ⲕⲏⲙⲉ • (kēme) m

1. (Sahidic) Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 110