ⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ

Coptic

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Prayer in Cairo (1865)

Alternative forms

• ⲗⲁϩⲙⲓ (lahmi) — Bohairic
• ⲉⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ (elamitēs) — Oxyrhynchite

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ • (lamitēs) m

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

References

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