syogun

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍(しょうぐん) (shōgun), from Middle Chinese compound 將軍 (MC tsjang kjun). The “shogun” sense is originally short for 征夷大将軍(たいしょーぐん) (taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.ɡun/
• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ.ɡun/
• Hyphenation: syo‧gun

Noun

syogun (first-person possessive syogunku, second-person possessive syogunmu, third-person possessive syogunnya)

1. shogun: supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

Alternative forms

• shogun (non-standard)