Hathyr

English

proper-noun
Definitions
  • The third month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Hathyr has been in roughly November.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁθύρ derived from Egyptian ḥwt-ḥr (Hathor, house of Horus).

Origin

Egyptian

ḥwt-ḥr

Gloss

Hathor, house of Horus

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