Pachon

English

proper-noun
Definitions
  • The ninth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pachon has been in roughly May.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παχών derived from Egyptian pꜣ-n-ḫnsw (the one of Khonsu).

Origin

Egyptian

pꜣ-n-ḫnsw

Gloss

the one of Khonsu

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