"Mecheir" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεχείρ (Mekheír), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw. Compare Coptic Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (Mešir). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Μεχείρ}} Ancient Greek Μεχείρ (Mekheír), {{der|en|egy|pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw}} Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw, {{cog|cop|ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ|Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ}} Coptic Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (Mešir) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Mecheir
  1. The sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February. Synonyms: Mechir, Mekhir, Mekheir
    Sense id: en-Mecheir-en-name-5xMXmSm3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Related terms: Thoth, Phaophi, Hathyr, Choiak, Tybi, Phamenoth, Pharmouthi, Pachon, Pauni, Epeiph, Mesore Related terms (Egyptian calendar months): Egyptian calendar months

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