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Phamenoth

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

Proper noun

Phamenoth

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

Origin of Phamenoth

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαμενώθ (Phamenṓth), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙϩⲟⲧⲡ (Paremhotp).

Questions about Phamenoth

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

Words near Phamenoth in the dictionary

  1. Phalulo
  2. Phalura
  3. Pham
  4. phamacogenetic
  5. Phamdom
  6. Phamenoth
  7. Phams
  8. phan
  9. Phan Thiết
  10. phanaeine
  11. phanaeines

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