Phamenoth

P3H4A1M3E1N1O1T1H4

proper noun

The seventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phamenoth has been in roughly March.

OriginAncient Greek Φαμενώθ ← Egyptian pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The seventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phamenoth has been in roughly March.

Origin

  1. Egyptianpꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp
  2. Ancient GreekΦαμενώθ
  3. EnglishPhamenoth

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαμενώθ (Phamenṓth), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙϩⲟⲧⲡ (Paremhotp).

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APA

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

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

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

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