Pauni

See also: pauni and păuni

English

Alternative forms

Payni
Paÿni

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παῦνι (Paûni), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jnt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ (Paōni).

Proper noun

Pauni

The tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.

See also

(Egyptian calendar months) Egyptian calendar month; Thoth, Phaophi, Hathyr, Choiak, Tybi, Mecheir, Phamenoth, Pharmouthi, Pachon, Pauni, Epeiph, Mesore

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