wnjs

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 m

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

References
  1. 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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