おじゃる

Changed from おいである (oide aru).

Had been used commonly from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period.

• (Tokyo) おじゃる (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

おじゃる • (ojaru) ^{←おぢやる (odyaru)?}godan (stem おじゃり (ojari), past おじゃった (ojatta))

1. (now dialectal, Kagoshima, Hachijō) honorific form of 来(く)る (kuru, “to come”), 行(い)く (iku, “to go”) and 居(い)る (iru, “to exist (of animate objects)”)

   Synonyms: いらっしゃる (irassharu), 御出でになる (oide ni naru)

2. (now dialectal, Hachijō) polite form of 有(あ)る (aru, “to exist (of inanimate objects)”) and 居(い)る (iru, “to exist (of animate objects)”)

   Synonyms: ございます (gozaimasu), あります (arimasu), おります (orimasu)

   • 1646, Ōkura Toraakira, “Awataguchi (粟田口)”, in Ōkura Toraakira-bon kyōgenshū (大蔵虎清本狂言集):

     「其(その)子(し)細(さい)がござるか」「中(なか)々(なか)子(し)細(さい)がおぢゃる」

     “sono shisai ga gozaru ka”“nakanaka shisai ga ojaru”

     "Did you get the details about that?" "It's quite detailed."

3. (auxiliary, now dialectal, Hachijō) indicating politeness

   Synonyms: でございます (de gozaimasu), であります (de arimasu)

   • 1646, Ōkura Toraakira, “Yakusui (薬水)”, in Ōkura Toraakira-bon Kyōgenshū (大蔵虎清本狂言集):

     その水(みづ)はどこに出(い)で来(き)ておぢゃるぞ

     sono mizu wa doko ni idekite ojaru zo

     Could you inform me where that water springs up?