kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

kꜣ +‎ ḥr +‎ kꜣ, literally ‘Ka Upon Ka’. A cuneiform transcription 𒆪𒄿𒄴𒆪 (ku-i-iḫ-ku) is attested in the Amarna Letters (c. 1360–1332 BC).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑ hɛr kɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: ka-her-ka

Proper noun

 m

1. the month of Choiak

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: Χοίακ (Khoíak)
  • → English: Choiak
• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓⲁⲕ (kaiak)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (khoiak)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲟⲓⲁϩⲕ (koiahk), ⲭⲟⲓⲁϩⲕ (khoiahk)
• → Minaean: 𐩫𐩺𐩢𐩫 (kyḥk⁩)

References

• 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.