埼玉

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Chinese

headland jade
simp. and trad.
(埼玉)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埼玉 (Saitama).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 埼玉

  1. () Saitama (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. () Saitama (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
たま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨saki1tama⟩ → */sakʲitama//saĩtama//saĩdama//saitama/

Shift from Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki1tama).

Also read as Saidama in older texts.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

(さい)(たま) or 埼玉(proper) (saitama or proper[[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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  1. a placename, such as that of:
    1. (historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): a district in the northeastern part of Musashi Province, facing the Tone River
    2. Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama Prefecture
    3. Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): the titular capital of Saitama Prefecture, located on the southeast
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Russian: Са́йтама f (Sájtama)

References



Old Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (saki1, cape) +‎ (tama, gem, jewel), for its fame attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

Proper noun

埼玉 (Saki1tama) (kana さきたま)

  1. a district in the northeastern part of Musashi Province, facing the Tone River

Descendants

  • Japanese: 埼玉 (さいたま, Saitama)