Φαρμουθί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰar.muː.tʰí/ → /ɸar.muˈθi/ → /far.muˈθi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.muː.tʰí/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰar.muˈtʰi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸar.muˈθi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /far.muˈθi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /far.muˈθi/

Proper noun

Φᾰρμουθί • (Pharmouthí) m (indeclinable)

1. Pharmouthi, the eighth month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to April
   • Les Graffites grecs du Memnonion d'Abydos 1bis:

     εὐτύχῃ Ὡρίων παρὰ θεῶι / (ἔτους) ηʹ Φαρμουθί.

     eutúkhēi Hōríōn parà theôi / (étous) ēʹ Pharmouthí.

     May Orion prosper besides God / - Pharmouthi, in the 8th (year)

Descendants

• → English: Pharmouthi
• → Old Armenian: փարմութի (pʻarmutʻi), փարմոդի (pʻarmodi), փարմոդէ (pʻarmodē), պարմոփի (parmopʻi), պարմափիւր (parmapʻiwr), պատմիփի (patmipʻi) — variant reading

References

• Φαρμουθί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette