大后
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Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 后 |
| おお Grade: 1 |
きさい Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
Shift from Old Japanese 大后 (opoki₁saki₁), modern ōkisaki.
Equivalent to 大 (ō-, “great”) + 后 (kisai, “wife of male aristocrat”, sound shift from earlier kisaki).
Noun
大后 • (ōkisai) ←おほきさい (ofokisai)?
- (archaic) an empress (of ancient or early medieval Japan)
- c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Wakana, part 1)
Derived terms
- 太后 (ōkisai, “empress dowager”)
See also
- 皇后 (kōgō)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 后 |
| コニオルク | |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 6 |
| irregular | |
Likely a Baekje compound; if so, possibly from 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) + 於陸 (*oLuk, “queen”).
Doublet of Old Japanese 大后 (kon'oruku).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (historical) a queen (of Baekje)
- 1274–1301, Shaku Nihongi (volume 17)
- 大后（コムヲルク、コヲルク、コ尓ヲルク）
- Queen: komuoruku, kooruku, konioruku
- 1274–1301, Shaku Nihongi (volume 17)
References
- ^ “コニオルク 【大后】
”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
Old Japanese
Etymology 1
From 大 (opo-, “great”) + 后 (ki₁saki₁, “wife of male aristocrat”).
Noun
大后 (opoki₁saki₁) (kana おほきさき)
Derived terms
- 太后 (opoki₁saki₁, “empress dowager”)
Descendants
- Japanese: 大后 (ōkisaki → ōkisai)
Etymology 2
Likely derived from a Baekje compound; if so, possibly 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) + 於陸 (*oLuk, “queen”).
Noun
大后 (ko(n')oroku) (kana コンオルク)
- a queen (of Baekje)
- 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Yūryaku (twentieth year of reign in winter; Maeda-bon glosses):
- 百濟記云下：蓋鹵王乙卯年冬。狛大軍來、攻レ大-城七日七夜、王城降陷、遂失二尉禮國一、王及大后、王子等、皆沒二敵手一上。
- The Baekje records read: Gaero was king in the winter year of the Wood Rabbit . An army from Köma (Goryeo) came, attacked the castle for seven days and seven nights; the king’s castle fell and was captured, finally Wirye was lost; the king, queen, and princes all fell into enemy hands.
Descendants
- Japanese: 大后 (kon'oroku), in modern Japanese dictionaries
Further reading
- “コンオルク 【大后】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here