Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hathyr

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hathyr
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁθύρ (Hathúr), from Egyptian ḥwt-ḥr. Compare Coptic Ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ (Hathōr).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Ἁθύρ, ḥwt-ḥr

Inflected Forms

Athyr (alternative) Hathur (alternative)

Questions

What does hathyr mean?: The third month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Hathyr has been in roughly November.
Where does hathyr come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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