邪馬台

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 邪馬台 – see 邪馬臺 (“Yamatai”).
(This term, 邪馬台, is a variant form of 邪馬臺).

Japanese
Kanji in this term
邪 馬 台
や
Grade: S		 ま
Grade: 2		 たい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
邪馬臺 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms
  • 耶馬台, 邪馬壹

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 邪馬台 (MC *yae maeX doj), which appeared in Chinese records, particularly the 三国志 (Sangokushi, “Records of the Three Kingdoms”), wherein 邪馬臺 (possibly pronounced *ja-maB-də̂ in Eastern Han Chinese[1]) transliterated Old Japanese 大和 (Yamato2), itself of uncertain origin.

Usually pronounced with a plosive, as Yabatai.

Proper noun

邪(や)馬(ま)台(たい) or 邪馬台(やばたい) • (Yamatai or Yabatai) 

  1. (historical) Short for 邪馬台国 (Yamatai-koku): Yamatai

See also

References
  1. Schuessler, Axel (2014). "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words" in Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text. Series: Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. 53 Ed. VanNess Simmons, Richard & Van Auken, Newell Ann. Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. p. 255, 286
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