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Mecheir
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English
Alternative forms
en Mechir
en Mekhir
en Mekheir
Etymology
Borrowed from en grc Μεχείρ, from en egy pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw. Compare cop ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ.
Proper noun
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.
See also
Anagrams
en ceehimr chimere rechime