Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phaophi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phaophi
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαωφί (Phaōphí), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jpt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲱⲡⲓ (Paōpi).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Φαωφί, pꜣ-n-jpt

Questions

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

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