wꜣḏ-ns

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḏ (“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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑd͡ʒ nɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: wadj-nes

Proper noun

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1. A throne name notably borne by Wadjenes, a pharaoh of the Second Dynasty

References

• 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