篠原

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
篠 原
しの
Jinmeiyō 		はら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 篠 (shino, “dwarf bamboo; bamboo grass”) +‎ 原 (hara, “(uncultivated) field”).

Pronunciation

Noun

篠(しの)原(はら) • (shinohara) 

  1. a field of bamboo grass

Proper noun

篠(しの)原(はら) • (Shinohara) 

  1. a placename, especially:
    1. in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, site of the Battle of Shinohara
    2. in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture
    3. in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, famous for its 尾長鶏 (onagadori) chicken
  2. a surname
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
篠 原
しの
Jinmeiyō 		はら > わら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

⟨sino1 para⟩ → */sinʷopara/ → /ɕinofara/ → /ɕinowara/

Variant shift from shinohara above, Old Japanese sino1para.

Proper noun

篠(しの)原(わら) • (Shinowara) ←しのはら (Sinofara)?

  1. a placename
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
篠 原
ささ
Jinmeiyō 		はら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

篠(ささ)原(はら) or 篠原(ささわら) • (sasahara or sasawara) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 笹原 (sasahara, sasawara): a field of bamboo grass

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
篠 原
ささ
Jinmeiyō 		はら > ばら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From 笹 (sasa, “bamboo grass”) +‎ 原 (hara, “(uncultivated) field”).

The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Proper noun

篠(ささ)原(ばら) • (Sasabara) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 篠 (sino1, “dwarf bamboo; bamboo grass”) +‎ 原 (para, “(uncultivated) field”).

Noun

篠原 (sino1para) (kana しのはら)

  1. a field of bamboo grass
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1121:
      , text here
      妹等所我通路細竹為酢寸我通靡細竹原
      imora-gari waga kayo1pi1diyuku mi1ti no2 sino1susuki1 ware kayo1paba nabi1ke2 sino1para
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Japanese: 篠原 (しのはら, shinohara)
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