ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ

Coptic

Thoth, in one of his forms as an ibis-headed man

Alternative forms

• ⲑⲱⲧⲑ (thōtth) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ⲑⲟⲟⲩⲧ (thoout) — Sahidic
• ⲑⲱⲑ (thōth) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ⲑⲁⲩⲇ (thaud) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Egyptian ḏḥwtj (“Thoth”, literally “he who is like the ibis”) , Thoth's Month:

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed Classical Coptic) /tʰoːwt/
• IPA^(key): (Late Coptic) /duwt/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic pronunciation) /ˈθo.ut/

Proper noun

ⲡⲓⲐⲱⲟⲩⲧ • (piThōout) m

1. (Bohairic) Thoth, the Egyptian god of knowledge, writing, magic, and the moon.
2. (Bohairic) January.

Derived terms

• ⲙⲁⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (manthōout, “Mantut, a town near Ashmunayn”)
• ⲡⲣⲕⲉⲑⲁⲩⲧ (prkethaut, “Baragtawt, a town in Faiyum, modern al-Hamuli”)

Related terms

• ⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (ianouarios)
• ⲓⲟϩ (ioh)
• ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ (ermēs)

See also

• (Egyptian (Bohairic) calendar months) ⲛⲓⲁⲃⲟⲧ (abot); Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (Thōout), Ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲓ (Paopi), Ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ (Hathōr), Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (Khoiak), Ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (Tōbi), Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (Mešir), Ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙϩⲁⲧ (Paremhat)/Ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ (Phamenōth), Ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ (Pharmouthi), Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ (Pašons), Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ (Paōni), Ⲉⲡⲓⲡ (Epip), Ⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲓ (Mesōri); ⲡⲓⲔⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲃⲟⲧ (piKouči nabot) ^{(Category: cop:Egyptian calendar months)}

References

• Vocabularium coptico-Latinum, Gustav Parthey, 1844