rkḥ-ꜥꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

rkḥ (“fire, burning”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great”), thus literally ‘Great Burning’.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Middle Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˌɾakaħˈʕaʀ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛkɛh ɑːʔɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: rekeh-aa

Proper noun

 m

1. The month of Mecheir

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.