埼玉

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Chinese

headland jade
simp. and trad.
(埼玉) 		埼 玉
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埼(さい)玉(たま) (Saitama).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

埼玉

  1. (～縣) Saitama (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. (～市) Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
埼 玉
さい
Grade: 4 		たま
Grade: 1
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Etymology

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

Shift from Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki1tama).

Also read as Saidama in older texts.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

埼(さい)玉(たま) • (Saitama) 

  1. a placename, such as that of:
    1. (historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)
    2. Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)
    3. Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Russian: Са́йтама f (Sájtama)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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)

  1. (historical) Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)

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