ⲭⲣⲉⲙⲧⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic qrmṱs (“obscurity”).

Noun

ⲭⲣⲉⲙⲧⲥ • (khremts) m

1. (Bohairic) smoke, mist, obscurity
2. (Bohairic) tobacco (Coined by Zeniya Copts ca. 1600)

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
• Worrell, W.H. (1937) Popular Traditions of the Coptic Language‎^[1], The University of Chicago Press
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 62