ⲫⲓⲁⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ (peiom) — Sahidic
• ⲫⲓⲟⲙ (phiom) — Bohairic

Etymology

The sea of Faiyum

From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian (ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Proper noun

ⲫⲓⲁⲙ • (phiam) m

1. (Fayyumic) Fayum (a region of Egypt)
2. (Fayyumic) Crocodilopolis, modern Fayum (a city in Egypt)

References

• Vocabularium coptico-Latinum, Gustav Parthey, 1844