Etymology

Pauni

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Today it means: The tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Παϋνί ← Egyptian pꜣ-n-jnt
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  1. Egyptian · derived frompꜣ-n-jnt
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΠαϋνί
  3. English todayPauni

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παϋνί (Paüní), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jnt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ (Paōni).

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