近江

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
近 江
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular

⟨apa umi1⟩ → ⟨apumi1⟩ → /apumi/ → /afumi/ → */awumi/ → /aumi/ → /ɔːmi/ → /oːmi/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Shift from 淡海 (awaumi, “freshwater lake”).[1][2]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), 近 is derived from 近つ淡海 (Chika-tsu-ōmi, literally “near freshwater lake”), and 江 (Kō), both being old names for Lake Biwa.

Noun

近江(おうみ) • (ōmi) ←あふみ (afumi)?

  1. a freshwater lake
    Synonym: 淡水湖 (tansuiko)

Proper noun

近江(おうみ) • (Ōmi) ←あふみ (afumi)?

  1. short for 近江国 (Ōmi-no-kuni): Ōmi Province
    Synonym: 江州 (Gōshū)
  2. another name for 琵琶湖 (Biwako, “Lake Biwa”)
  3. a surname
See also

Proper noun

近江(ちかつおうみ) • (Chika-tsu-Ōmi) ←ちかつあふみ (tikatuafumi)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 近つ淡海 (Chika-tsu-ōmi): an old name for 琵琶湖 (Biwako, “Lake Biwa”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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