ⲡⲁϧⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms
  • ⲡⲁϩⲱⲙ (pahōm) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Egyptian pꜣ-ꜥẖm, from pꜣ (“the”) + ꜥẖm (“cultic falcon-image”). By surface analysis, ⲡⲓ- (pi-, “the”, masculine definite article) +‎ ⲁϧⲱⲙ (axōm, “falcon”).

Proper noun

ⲡⲁϧⲱⲙ • (paxōm) m

  1. Pakhom, a male given name, feminine equivalent ⲧⲁϧⲱⲙ (taxōm)

Descendants
  • → Arabic: بَاخُوم (bāḵūm)
  • → Ancient Greek: Παχώμιος (Pakhṓmios)
    • → Latin: Pachomius
    • → Russian: Пахомий (Paxomij)
    • → Romanian: Pahomie

References
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
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