牝馬
Chinese
female | horse; surname | ||
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trad. (牝馬) | 牝 | 馬 | |
simp. (牝马) | 牝 | 马 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 母馬 (“female horse; mare”) [map]
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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牝 | 馬 |
ひん Hyōgaiji |
ば Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 牝馬 (MC bjijX maeX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a later borrowing.
Usage notes
- Now the most common term for mare in Japanese.
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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牝 | 馬 |
め Hyōgaiji |
うま Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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雌馬 |
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]
Pronunciation
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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牝 | 馬 |
め Hyōgaiji |
ま Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.[2]
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “牝馬”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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