Language/Coptic/Vocabulary/Calendar

The Coptic Calendar

The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is the liturgical calendar of the Coptic Orthodox Church whose faithful live mainly in Egypt, in the diaspora and in Ethiopia (for which it is the calendar used on a daily basis, see Ethiopian calendar). It derives from the calendar of ancient Egypt but is no longer based on lunar cycles and includes adjustments for leap years.

No.	Name			Coptic Name origin
	Bohairic Coptic	Sahidic Coptic	Transliteration of Coptic
1	Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ	Ⲑⲟⲟⲩⲧ	Thout	ḏḥwty: Thoth, god of Wisdom and Science
2	Ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲓ	Ⲡⲁⲱⲡⲉ	Paopi	pꜣ-n-jpt: Opet Festival
3	Ⲁⲑⲱⲣ	Ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ	Hathor	Ḥwt-ḥr: Hathor, goddess of beauty and love (the land is lush and green)
4	Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ	Ⲕⲟⲓⲁϩⲕ	Koiak	kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ: "spirit upon spirit," the name of a festival
5	Ⲧⲱⲃⲓ	Ⲧⲱⲃⲉ	Tobi	tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt: "The offering"
6	Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ	Ⲙϣⲓⲣ	Meshir	mḫjr: The name of a festival, perhaps identical with a type of basket used in that festival
7	Ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙϩⲁⲧ	Ⲡⲁⲣⲙϩⲟⲧⲡ	Paremhat	pꜣ-n-jmnḥtp: "Festival of Amenhotep"
8	Ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ	Ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ	Parmouti	pꜣ-n-Rnnwtt: "Festival of harvest goddess Renenutet"
9	Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ	Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ	Pashons	pꜣ-n-ḫnsw "Festival of Khonsu"
10	Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ	Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ	Paoni	pꜣ-n-jnt: valley festival
11	Ⲉⲡⲓⲡ	Ⲉⲡⲏⲡ	Epip	jpjp: meaning unknown
12	Ⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲓ	Ⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲏ	Mesori	mswt rꜥ: birth of Ra
13	Ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲁ̀ⲃⲟⲧ	Ⲉⲡⲁⲅⲟⲙⲉⲛⲁⲓ	Pi Kogi Enavot	Bohairic: The Little Month; Sahidic: Greek ἐπαγόμεναι < ἐπαγωγή < ἐπαγειν < ἐπι + ἄγειν: to bring in