埼玉

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埼玉 (Saitama).

埼玉

1. (～縣) Saitama (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Saitama (a city in Saitama, Japan)

⟨saki₁tama⟩ → */sakʲitama/ → /saĩtama//saĩdama/ → /saitama/

Shift from Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki₁tama).

Also read as Saidama in older texts.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さ​いたま [sáꜜìtàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠ita̠ma̠]

埼玉 (hiragana さいたま, rōmaji Saitama)

1. a placename, such as that of:
   1. (historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): a district in the northeastern part of Musashi Province, facing the Tone River
   2. Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama Prefecture
   3. Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): the titular capital of Saitama Prefecture, located on the southeast
2. a surname

• さいたま (Saitama, prefectural capital)
• 埼 (さい)大 (だい) (Saidai)
• ダ埼 (さい)玉 (たま) (Dasaitama, derogative slang)

• Russian: Са́йтама f (Sájtama)

• 前玉

Compound of 埼 (saki₁, “cape”) +‎ 玉 (tama, “gem, jewel”), for its fame attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

埼玉 (Saki₁tama) (kana さきたま)

1. a district in the northeastern part of Musashi Province, facing the Tone River

• Japanese: 埼玉 (Saitama)