ⲗⲁϩⲙⲓ

Coptic

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Prayer in Cairo (1865)

Alternative forms

• ⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ (lamitēs) — Sahidic, Bohairic
• ⲉⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ (elamitēs) — Oxyrhynchite

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐλαμείτης (Elameítēs, “Elamite”).

Noun

ⲗⲁϩⲙⲓ • (lahmi) m

1. (Bohairic) Muslim
2. (Bohairic) Elamite (a historical and biblical Middle Eastern nation)

References

• TLA lemma no. C8909 (ⲗⲁϩⲙⲓ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]