Japanese edit

 ファラオ on Japanese Wikipedia
 
ファラオ (farao): a typical image of a pharaoh, based on New Kingdom tomb paintings.

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English pharaoh.[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1924.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ファラオ (farao

  1. [from 1924] a pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 ファラオ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ ファラオ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN