wꜣḏ-ns
Egyptian
editEtymology
editwꜣḏ (“fresh, vigorous”) + ns (“tongue”), thus literally ‘vigorous of tongue’; however, this is likely to be a later misinterpretation of an earlier name such as wng or wꜣḏ-sn.
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑd͡ʒ nɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: wadj-nes
Proper noun
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- A throne name notably borne by Wadjenes, a pharaoh of the Second Dynasty
References
edit- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 28
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 48, 173–174