rkḥ-ꜥꜣ
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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
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- 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.