jpj-jpj

Egyptian

Etymology

Derived from the earlier (Memphite) name of the month, jpt-ḥmt, with reduplication of the first element, or perhaps directly from the short form jpt.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ipi ipi/
  • Conventional anglicization: ipi-ipi

Proper noun

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1. the month of Epeiph

   Synonyms: jpt-ḥmt, jpt

2. the festival of Epiphi, taking place on the first or second day of the next month, Mesore

   Synonyms: jpt-ḥmt, jpt

Coordinate terms

Egyptian calendar months (New Kingdom/Theban)edit

• ḏḥwtj
• pꜣ-n-jpt
• ḥwt-ḥr
• kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ
• tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt
• pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw
• pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp
• pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt
• pꜣ-n-ḫnsw
• pꜣ-n-jnt
• jpj-jpj
• mswt-rꜥ

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἐπιφί (Epiphí)
  • → English: Epeiph
• Coptic: ⲉⲡⲏⲡ (epēp)
  • → Ge'ez: አቢብ (ʾäbib)

References

• “Jpjp (lemma ID 24310)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 109.