Egyptian
Etymology
From z (“man”) + n(j) (“of”) + wsrt (“Wosret”), thus ‘man of Wosret’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /zuʀ nij ˈwasɾit/ → /suʀ nij ˈwasɾiʔ/ → /suʔ nə ˈwasɾa/ → /søʔ nə ˈwasɾə/
Proper noun
m
- a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Senusret (also anglicized as Sesostris and Senwosret)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of z-n-wsrt
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44.