Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pharmouthi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phar-mouthi
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The eighth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pharmouthi has been in roughly April.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαρμουθί (Pharmouthí), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ (Parmouthi).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Φαρμουθί, pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt

Inflected Forms

Barmudah (alternative) Parmouti (alternative) Pharmuthi (alternative)

Questions

What does pharmouthi mean?: The eighth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pharmouthi has been in roughly April.
Where does pharmouthi come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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