Mecheir

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proper noun

The sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.

OriginAncient Greek Μεχείρ ← Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw →
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proper noun

alternative Mechir · alternative Mekhir · alternative Mekheir

  1. The sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.

Origin

  1. Egyptianpꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw
  2. Ancient GreekΜεχείρ
  3. EnglishMecheir

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεχείρ (Mekheír), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw. Compare Coptic Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (Mešir).

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APA

Mecheir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mecheir

MLA

“Mecheir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mecheir. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mecheir,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mecheir.

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