ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ

Coptic

The goddess Hathor wearing her headdress, a pair of cow horns with a sun disk and snake.

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲑⲱⲣ (athōr) — Bohairic
• ϩⲁⲑⲱⲗ (hathōl) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Egyptian (ḥwt-ḥr, “Hathor's Month”).

Proper noun

Ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ • (Hathōr) f

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Egyptian mythology) Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of joy, love, and motherhood.
2. (Bohairic, Sahidic) March.

Related terms

• ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲓⲟⲥ (martios)

See also

• (Egyptian (Bohairic) calendar months) ⲛⲓⲁⲃⲟⲧ (abot); Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (Thōout), Ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲓ (Paopi), Ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ (Hathōr), Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (Khoiak), Ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (Tōbi), Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (Mešir), Ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙϩⲁⲧ (Paremhat)/Ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ (Phamenōth), Ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ (Pharmouthi), Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ (Pašons), Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ (Paōni), Ⲉⲡⲏⲡ (Epēp), Ⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲓ (Mesōri); ⲡⲓⲔⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲃⲟⲧ (piKouči nabot) ^{(Category: cop:Egyptian calendar months)}

References

• Vocabularium coptico-Latinum, Gustav Parthey, 1844