rkḥ-ꜥꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

rkḥ (“fire, burning”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great”), thus literally ‘Great Burning’.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Middle Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˌɾakaħˈʕaʀ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛkɛh ɑːʔɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: rekeh-aa

Proper noun

 m

1. the month of Mecheir

Coordinate terms

Egyptian calendar months (Middle Kingdom/Memphite)edit

• tḫj
• mnḫt
• ẖnt-ḥwt-ḥr
• nḥb-kꜣw
• šf-bdt
• rkḥ-ꜥꜣ
• rkḥ-nḏs
• rnn-wtt
• ḫnsw
• ḫnt-ẖty-prtj
• jpt-ḥmt
• wp-rnpt

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.