大后
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | |
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大 | 后 |
おお Grade: 1 |
きさい Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
Shift from Old Japanese 大后 (opoki₁saki₁), modern ōkisaki.
Equivalent to 大 (ō-, “great”) + 后 (kisai, “wife of male aristocrat”, sound shift from earlier kisaki).
Noun
edit大后 • (ōkisai) ←おほきさい (ofokisai)?
- (archaic) an empress (of ancient or early medieval Japan)
- c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Wakana, part 1)
Derived terms
edit- 太后 (ōkisai, “empress dowager”)
See also
edit- 皇后 (kōgō)
Etymology 2
editKanji in this term | |
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大 | 后 |
コニオルク | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 6 |
irregular |
Likely a Baekje compound; if so, possibly from 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) + 於陸 (*oLuk, “queen”).
Doublet of Old Japanese 大后 (kon'oruku).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (historical) a queen (of Baekje)
- 1274–1301, Shaku Nihongi (volume 17)
- 大后(コムヲルク、コヲルク、コ尓ヲルク)
- Queen: [variously read as] komuoruku, kooruku, [and] konioruku
- 1274–1301, Shaku Nihongi (volume 17)
References
edit- ^ “コニオルク 【大后】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
Old Japanese
editEtymology 1
editFrom 大 (opo-, “great”) + 后 (ki₁saki₁, “wife of male aristocrat”).
Noun
edit大后 (opoki₁saki₁) (kana おほきさき)
Derived terms
edit- 太后 (opoki₁saki₁, “empress dowager”)
Descendants
edit- Japanese: 大后 (ōkisaki → ōkisai)
Etymology 2
editLikely derived from a Baekje compound; if so, possibly 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) + 於陸 (*oLuk, “queen”).
Noun
edit大后 (ko(n')oroku) (kana コンオルク)
Descendants
edit- Japanese: 大后 (kon'oroku), in modern Japanese dictionaries
Further reading
edit- “コンオルク 【大后】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) [2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
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