太夫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	夫
たゆう
Grade: 2	Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
大夫

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 太夫 (MC thajH bju|pju), with cross-morpheme 音便 (onbin) sound change that is unusual in Sino-Japanese vocabulary.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たゆう [táꜜyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠jɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

太夫(たゆう) • (tayū) ^{←たいふ (taifu)^?}

(historical) the highest class of oiran
Synonym: 本位 (hon'i)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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