埼玉
Chinese
headland | jade | ||
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simp. and trad. (埼玉) |
埼 | 玉 |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埼玉 (Saitama).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Cíyù
- Wade–Giles: Chʻi2-yü4
- Yale: Chí-yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyiyuh
- Palladius: Циюй (Cijuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 埼玉
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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埼 | 玉 |
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
埼玉 or 埼玉 • (saitama or proper) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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- a placename, such as that of:
- (historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): a district in the northeastern part of Musashi Province, facing the Tone River
- Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama Prefecture
- 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 埼 (saki1, “cape”) + 玉 (tama, “gem, jewel”), for its fame attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).
Proper noun
埼玉 (Saki1tama) (kana さきたま)
- a district in the northeastern part of Musashi Province, facing the Tone River
Descendants
- Japanese: 埼玉 (さいたま, Saitama)
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