Thoth

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UK/ˈθəʊθ/US/ˈθoʊθ/

proper noun

The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.

OriginLatin Thōth ← Ancient Greek Θώθ ← Egyptian ḏḥwtj →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Egyptianhuman sciencesThe ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.
  2. The first month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Thoth has been in roughly September.

    Now the month of Thoth was the first of the Egyptian year, because this month begins a new period.

    1842, Frederick Portal, “Correspondence—Swedenborg and Champollion”, in The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents Respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, Etc, volume 21
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    To November 1 add 7, and the ſum will ſhew, that the ſeventh day of Thoth fell, that year, upon the eighth day of November.

    1762, John Kennedy, A Complete System of Astronomical Chronology Unfolding the Scriptures

    In that case this quadrimenstruum would be the first one of the Egyptian year, Thoth, Phaophi, Hathyr, Choeac.

    1989, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume 56

Origin

  1. Egyptianḏḥwtj“Thoth”
  2. Ancient GreekΘώθ
  3. LatinThōth
  4. EnglishThoth

Via Latin Thōth from Ancient Greek Θώθ (Thṓth), from Egyptian ḏḥwtj (“Thoth”, literally “he who is like the ibis”). Compare Coptic Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (Thōout).

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Translations

Ancient Greek Θώθ, Θεύθ
  • Θώθ (Thṓth)Egyptian god
  • Θεύθ (Theúth)Egyptian god
  • Θωΰθ (Thōǘth)Egyptian god
Arabic تحوت
  • تحوتEgyptian god
Bulgarian Тот
  • Тот (Tot)Egyptian god
Chinese Mandarin 托特
  • 托特 (Tuōtè)Egyptian god
Czech Thovt
  • ThovtEgyptian god
Esperanto Toto
  • TotoEgyptian god
Finnish Thot
  • ThotEgyptian god
French Thot
  • ThotEgyptian god
German Thot
  • ThotEgyptian god
Greek Θωθ
  • Θωθ (Thoth)Egyptian god
Hebrew תְחֹות
  • תְחֹות (t'chot)Egyptian god
Icelandic Þoþ
  • ÞoþEgyptian god
Italian Thot, Toth
  • ThotEgyptian god
  • TothEgyptian god
  • ThothEgyptian god
  • TheuthEgyptian god
Japanese トート
  • トート (Tōto)Egyptian god
Korean 토트
  • 토트 (Toteu)Egyptian god
Polish Thot, Tot
  • ThotEgyptian god
  • TotEgyptian god
Portuguese Tot, Tote
  • TotEgyptian god
  • ToteEgyptian god
Russian Тот
  • Тот (Tot)Egyptian god
Spanish Tot
  • TotEgyptian god
Swedish Thot
  • ThotEgyptian god

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Thoth

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Cite this entry
APA

Thoth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thoth

MLA

“Thoth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thoth. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Thoth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thoth.

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