ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ

Coptic

Textile roundel with dove.

Alternative forms

• ϭⲣⲟⲟⲙⲡⲉ (croompe) — Sahidic
• ϭⲉⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ (cerompe) — Sahidic
• ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ (crompi) — Bohairic
• ϭⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (crampe) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
• ϫⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (črampi) — Fayyumic
• ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (cerampi) — Fayyumic
• ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (cerampe) — Fayyumic
• ϭⲣⲁⲁⲙⲡⲉ (craampe) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic grmp (“pigeon”), from Egyptian gr-nj-pt (“pigeon”), from gr (a kind of bird) + nj (“of”) + pt (“sky”).

Noun

ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ • (crompe) m or f

1. (Sahidic) dove, pigeon

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 828
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 346