女神

女神

1. (religion) female goddess

   民主女神  ―  mínzhǔ nǚshén  ―  Goddess of Democracy

2. (neologism) (of a young female, e.g. a 白富美 (báifùměi)) the goddess of one's heart

• (goddess): 神女 (shénnǚ); (Hokkien) 尪婆, 尪媽／尪妈

• 男神 (nánshén)

 女神 on Japanese Wikipedia

Compound of 女 (me, “female”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”).^[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) めがみ (Atamadaka – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

女(め)神(がみ) • (megami) 

1. a goddess (female deity)
   • 1999 December 16, “逆(ぎゃく)転(てん)の女(め)神(がみ) [Goddess of Reversal]”, in ＥＸ [ＥＸ], Konami:

     聖(せい)なる力(ちから)で弱(よわ)き者(もの)を守(まも)り、逆(ぎゃく)転(てん)の力(ちから)を与(あた)える女(め)神(がみ)。

     Seinaru chikara de yowakimono o mamori, gyakuten no chikara o ataeru megami.

     A goddess who grants reversal power and protects the weak with her holy power.

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち) [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 352:

     西(せい)方(ほう)の女(め)神(がみ)エキドナ

     Seihō no Megami Ekidona

     Echidna, Goddess of the West

• 男(お)神(がみ) (ogami, “male god”)

From 女 (me, “woman”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”), literally “female god”. Akin to the derivation of megami above.

• IPA^(key):

女(めの)神(かみ) • (me no kami) 

1. a goddess (female deity)

Compound of 女 (omina, “woman”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”).^[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• IPA^(key):

女(おみな)神(がみ) • (ominagami) ^{←をみながみ (wominagami)?}

1. (historical, archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of paper doll to which one prays for good weather

   Synonym: 照る照る坊主 (teruteru bōzu)

By surface analysis, 女 (onna, “woman”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”), whereby The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁); may separately be a shift from ominagami above, as the omina component, meaning “woman”, separately shifted to onna in general (see etymology of 女(おんな) (onna). However, the development of the “goddess” meaning is more difficult to explain through this analysis, so a plain compound may be the more likely.

Akin to the formations of megami and me no kami above.

• (Tokyo) おんながみ (Nakadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

女(おんな)神(がみ) • (onnagami) ^{←をんながみ (wonnagami)?}

1. a goddess (female deity)

/djosin/ → /d͡ʑoɕin/

From Middle Chinese 女神 (MC nrjoX zyin).

• (Tokyo) じょしん (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

女(じょ)神(しん) • (joshin) ^{←ぢよしん (dyosin)?}

1. a goddess

   Synonym: 女神 (megami)

女神 • (yeosin) (hangeul 여신)

1. hanja form^? of 여신 (“goddess”)

女神

1. chữ Hán form of nữ thần (“goddess”).