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pauni

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pau-ni
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παϋνί (Paüní), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jnt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ (Paōni).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Παϋνί, pꜣ-n-jnt

Inflected Forms

Payni (alternative) Paÿni (alternative)

Questions

What does pauni mean?
The tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.
Where does pauni come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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