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Mecheir

Mecheir proper noun: the sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.

Proper noun

Mecheir

  1. The sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.

Forms of Mecheir

alternative formMechir
alternative formMekhir
alternative formMekheir

Origin of Mecheir

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεχείρ (Mekheír), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw. Compare Coptic Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (Mešir).

Questions about Mecheir

What does Mecheir mean?
Mecheir means the sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.
What part of speech is Mecheir?
Mecheir is a proper noun.

Words near Mecheir in the dictionary

  1. mechatronically
  2. mechatronics
  3. mechatronics engineer
  4. mechatronics engineering
  5. Meche
  6. Mecheir
  7. Mechelen
  8. Mechem
  9. Meches
  10. Mechif
  11. Mechir

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