Etymology

Choiak

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Today it means: The fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Χοίακ ← Egyptian kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ
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  1. Egyptian · derived fromkꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΧοίακ
  3. English todayChoiak

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χοίακ (Khoíak), from Egyptian kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ. Compare Coptic Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (Khoiak).

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