Akhnas (transliteration: Akhnas, Arabic: أخنس) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that means “snub-nosed”, “pug-nosed”.1 It also means “lion”2 and “tick” (the insect)3.
There are two Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Akhnas:
- al-Akhnas al-Sulami الأخنس السُلمي
- al-Akhnas bin Shareeq الأخنس بن شريق
Below is the name Akhnas written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Akhnas written in Arabic kufi script:
Footnotes
- Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE) , entry for خنس.
- Al-Ubaab al-Zaakhir by al-Saghaani (d. 1252 CE), entry for خنس.
- Ibid.
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