kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

kꜣ +‎ ḥr +‎ kꜣ, literally ‘Ka Upon Ka’. A cuneiform transcription 𒆪𒄿𒄴𒆪 (ku-i-iḫ-ku) is attested in the Amarna Letters (c. 1360–1332 BC).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑ hɛr kɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: ka-her-ka

Proper noun

 m

1. The month of Choiak

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Χοίακ (Khoíak)
  • → English: Choiak
• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓⲁⲕ (kaiak)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (khoiak)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲟⲓⲁϩⲕ (koiahk), ⲭⲟⲓⲁϩⲕ (khoiahk)
• → Minaean: 𐩫𐩺𐩢𐩫 (kyḥk⁩)

See also

• (Middle Kingdom (Memphite) Egyptian calendar months) tḫj, mnḫt, ẖnt-ḥwt-ḥr, nḥb-kꜣw, šf-bdt, rkḥ-ꜥꜣ, rkḥ-nḏs, rnn-wtt, ḫnsw, ḫnt-ẖty-prtj, jpt-ḥmt, wp-rnpt

• (New Kingdom (Theban) Egyptian calendar months) ḏḥwtj, pꜣ-n-jpt, ḥwt-ḥr, kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ, tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt, pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw, pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp, pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt, pꜣ-n-ḫnsw, pꜣ-n-jnt, jpj-jpj, mswt-rꜥ ^{(Category: egy:Egyptian calendar months)}

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.