kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ
Egyptian
Etymology
kꜣ + ḥr + kꜣ, literally ‘Ka Upon Ka’. A cuneiform transcription 𒆪𒄿𒄴𒆪 (ku-i-iḫ-ku) is attested in the Amarna Letters (c. 1360–1332 BC).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kɑ hɛr kɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: ka-her-ka
Proper noun
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- the month of Choiak
Coordinate terms
Egyptian calendar months (New Kingdom/Theban)edit
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Χοίακ (Khoíak)
- → English: Choiak
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓⲁⲕ (kaiak)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (khoiak)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲟⲓⲁϩⲕ (koiahk), ⲭⲟⲓⲁϩⲕ (khoiahk)
- → Minaean: 𐩫𐩺𐩢𐩫 (kyḥk)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 109.