wnjs

Egyptian

Etymology

Uncertain. Some authors^[1] propose to read it as wn-js, from wn (“to exist”) + js (“intensifying particle”), thus meaning ‘Who exists indeed’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛnis/
- Conventional anglicization: wenis

Proper noun

m

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Unas, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty.

References

↑ Scheele-Schweitzer, Katrin (2007). “Zu den Königsnamen der 5. und 6. Dynastie” in Göttinger Miszellen. Göttingen: Universität der Göttingen, Seminar für Agyptologie und Koptologie. 215: 91–94. ISSN 0344-385X

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