馬頭観音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	頭	観	音
ば Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2	かん Grade: 4	おん > のん Grade: 1
kan’on		goon

Alternative spelling
馬頭觀音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

馬頭 (batō, “horse head”, calque of Sanskrit हयग्रीव (hayagrīva)) +‎ 観音 (Kannon, “Guanyin”). The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ばとーかんのん [bàtóó káꜜǹnòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [ba̠to̞ː kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

馬(ば)頭(とう)観(かん)音(のん) • (Batō Kannon) ^{←ばとうくわんおん (batoukwan'on)^?}

(Buddhism) Hayagriva