ⲕⲏⲙⲉ

Coptic

FWOTD – 30 November 2015

Alternative forms

ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic kmj, from Egyptian kmt,

O49

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkeːmə/

Proper noun

ⲕⲏⲙⲉ • (kēme) m

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

References

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

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