近江
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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近 | 江 |
Grade: 2 | Grade: S |
irregular |
⟨apa umi1⟩ → ⟨apumi1⟩ → /apumi/ → /afumi/ → */awumi/ → /aumi/ → /ɔːmi/ → /oːmi/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Shift from 淡海 (awaumi, “freshwater lake”).[1][2]
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), 近 is derived from 近つ淡海 (Chika-tsu-ōmi, literally “near the freshwater lake”), and 江 (Kō), both being old names for Lake Biwa.
Noun
近江 • (ōmi) ←あふみ (afumi)?
- a freshwater lake
- Synonym: 淡水湖 (tansuiko)
Proper noun
近江 • (Ōmi) ←あふみ (afumi)?
- short for 近江国 (Ōmi-no-kuni): Ōmi Province
- Synonym: 江州 (Gōshū)
- another name for 琵琶湖 (Biwako, “Lake Biwa”)
- a surname
See also
- 滋賀県 (Shiga-ken)
Proper noun
近江 • (Chika-tsu-Ōmi) ←ちかつあふみ (tikatuafumi)?
- Alternative spelling of 近つ淡海 (Chika-tsu-ōmi): an old name for 琵琶湖 (Biwako, “Lake Biwa”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN