rkḥ-ꜥꜣ

See also: rkḥ and rkh

Egyptian

Etymology

From rkḥ (“fire, burning”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great”), thus literally ‘Great Burning’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 m

  1. the month of Mecheir

Coordinate terms

Egyptian calendar months (Middle Kingdom/Memphite)edit

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.
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