Phaophi

English

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαωφί derived from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jpt (the one of Karnak).

Origin

Egyptian

pꜣ-n-jpt

Gloss

the one of Karnak

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