Thoth

English

/θəʊθ/

proper noun
Definitions
  • The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.
  • The first month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Thoth has been in roughly September.

Etymology

Derived from Egyptian ḏḥwtj (Thoth, he who is like the ibis, en, Egyptian moon god Thoth, l).

Origin

Egyptian

ḏḥwtj

Gloss

Thoth, he who is like the ibis, en, Egyptian moon god Thoth, l

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