ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩ (čm̄peh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉϩ (čempeh), ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲏϩ (čm̄pēh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲏϩ (čempēh), ϫⲏⲡⲉϩ (čēpeh) — Sahidic
• ϫⲙⲡⲏϩ (čmpēh), ϫⲡⲏϩ (čpēh) — Akhmimic
• ϫⲓⲙⲡⲉϩ (čimpeh), ϫⲉⲡⲉϩ (čepeh) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ḏmpḥ, from Late Egyptian ḏpḥ, borrowed from a Semitic language; compare Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ), Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappūaḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəmˈpʰeh/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ɟamˈbah/
• (Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɱˈfeh/

Noun

ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ • (čempheh) m (plural ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ (čempheh))

1. (Bohairic) apple

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 771
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
• Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN