pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw

Egyptian

Etymology

pꜣ +‎ n(j) +‎ pꜣ +‎ mḫrw, literally ‘the one of the censer’.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pə nə pə məˈχiːɾ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɑ ɛn pɑ mɛxruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: pa-en-pa-mekhru

Proper noun

 m

1. the month of Mecheir

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: Μεχείρ (Mekheír)
  • → English: Mecheir
• Coptic: ⲙϣⲓⲣ (mšir), ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (mešir), ⲙⲉⲭⲓⲣ (mekhir)

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.