English Explanatory Dictionary

Thoth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.
  2. The first month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Thoth has been in roughly September.

Pronunciation

θōθʹ /ˈθəʊθ/ /ˈθoʊθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Thoth.wav

Word forms

Thoth

Etymology

Via Latin Thōth from Ancient Greek Θώθ (Thṓth), from Egyptian ḏḥwtj (“Thoth”, literally “he who is like the ibis”). Compare Coptic Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (Thōout).

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