まろ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
麻呂 麿

Likely a compound of ま (ma) and suffix ろ (-ro), similar to pronoun わろ (waro) from 我(わ) (wa) and ろ (-ro).

Another hypothesis derives it from a meaning "chap, fellow".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɾo̞]

Pronoun

まろ • (maro) ^{←まろ (maro)?}

1. (archaic) I, me, my, mine

Suffix

まろ • (-maro) ^{←まろ (-maro)?}

1. (obsolete) used in male names

   阿(あ)倍(べの)仲(なか)麻(ま)呂(ろ)

   abe no nakamaro

   Abe no Nakamaro

   近(この)衛(え)文(ふみ)麿(まろ)

   konoe fumimaro

   Konoe Fumimaro

Alternative forms

• まる (-maru)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of まろ – see the following entry.

【丸】2 [adjective] (Classical Japanese) round [adjective] plump and thick [adjective] all, whole [noun] a round object [noun] roundness, plumpness [noun] all, whole [noun] (obsolete) money, coins [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 円

(This term, まろ (maro), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as まろ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as まろ.