Pauni

English

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παῦνι derived from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jnt (the one of the wadi).

Origin

Egyptian

pꜣ-n-jnt

Gloss

the one of the wadi

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms