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