阿呆

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.2 Usage notes 1.3 Synonyms 1.4 See also 1.5 References

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	呆

[edit] Etymology 1

[apau] > [aɸau] > [aɸoː] > [ahoː].

[edit] Noun

阿呆 (hiragana あほう, romaji ahō, historical hiragana あはう)

1. a foolish person or action
   • 1603-1604: Nippo Jisho (page 13)

   Afŏ アハゥ (阿房) Vtçuqe (虚)に同じ. 愚かな人、馬鹿者. また、馬鹿なこと. Afŏuo yŭ. (阿房を言ふ) 馬鹿なことを言う.

[edit] Etymology 2

A contraction from ahō > aho.

[edit] Noun

阿呆 (hiragana あほ, romaji aho)

1. a foolish person or action

[edit] Usage notes

Also spelled 阿房.

[edit] Synonyms

• 馬鹿

[edit] See also

• 阿呆な

[edit] References

• Doi, Tadao [1603-1604] (1980). Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0008-0021-3.