Etymology

Tybi

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Today it means: The fifth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Tybi has been in roughly January. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Τυβί ← Egyptian t-A-a-b-t:Z5-W3:ra
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  1. Egyptian · derived fromt-A-a-b-t:Z5-W3:ra
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΤυβί
  3. English todayTybi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τυβί (Tubí), from Egyptian t-A-a-b-t:Z5-W3:ra (tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt, literally “the offering”). Compare Coptic Ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (Tōbi).

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