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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χοίακ (Khoíak), from Egyptian kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ. Compare Coptic Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (Khoiak).
Proper noun
Choiak
- The fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December.
See also
- (Egyptian calendar months) Egyptian calendar months; Thoth, Phaophi, Hathyr, Choiak, Tybi, Mecheir, Phamenoth, Pharmouthi, Pachon, Pauni, Epeiph, Mesore (Category: en:Egyptian calendar months)