Tybi

English

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τυβί derived from Egyptian tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt (the month of Tybi, offering).

Origin

Egyptian

tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt

Gloss

the month of Tybi, offering

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