埼玉
Chinese edit
headland | jade | ||
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simp. and trad. (埼玉) |
埼 | 玉 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埼玉 (Saitama).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
埼玉
- (~縣) Saitama (a prefecture of Japan)
- (~市) Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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埼 | 玉 |
さい Grade: 4 |
たま Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
⟨saki1tama⟩ → */sakʲitama/ → /saĩtama//saĩdama/ → /saitama/
Shift from Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki1tama).
Also read as Saidama in older texts.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- a placename, such as that of:
- (historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)
- Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)
- Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
- a surname
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Russian: Са́йтама f (Sájtama)
References edit
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Old Japanese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compound of 埼 (saki1, “cape”) + 玉 (tama, “gem, jewel”), for its fame attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).
Proper noun edit
埼玉 (Saki1tama) (kana さきたま)
- (historical) Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)
Descendants edit
- Japanese: 埼玉 (Saitama)