藤原

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 藤原 (Fujiwara, Fujihara).

藤原

1. A Japanese surname: Fujiwara; Fujihara

/pudi para/ → /fud͡ʑifara/ → /fuʑiwara/

Shift from Fujihara (Old Japanese Pudipara) below.

藤原 (hiragana ふじわら, rōmaji Fujiwara, historical hiragana ふぢはら)

1. a surname, especially those from a powerful clan descended from Nakatomi no Kamatari
2. a placename
   • 1439, Shin Shokukokin Wakashū (book 20, poem 2144)

     頼 (たの)むかなわが藤原 (ふじはら)の都 (みやこ)より跡 (あと)たれそむる玉 (たま)津 (つ)島 (しま)姫 (ひめ)

     tanomu kana waga Fujiwara no miyako yori ato tare somuru Tamatsushima-hime

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• 藤 (ふじ)原 (わら)京 (きょう) (Fujiwara-kyō)
• 藤 (ふじ)原 (わら)時 (じ)代 (だい) (Fujiwara jidai)
• 奥州 (おうしゅう)藤 (ふじ)原 (わら)氏 (し) (Ōshū Fujiwara-shi)

• 藤氏 (とうじ) (Tōji), 藤氏 (とうし) (Tōshi)
• 中 (なか)臣 (とみ) (Nakatomi)
• 南家 (なんけ) (Nanke), 北家 (ほっけ) (Hokke), 式 (しき)家 (け) (Shikike), 京家 (きょうけ) (Kyōke)
• 一 (いち)条 (じょう) (Ichijō), 九条 (くじょう) (Kujō), 近衛 (このえ) (Konoe), 鷹 (たか)司 (つかさ) (Takatsukasa), 二条 (にじょう) (Nijō), 松 (まつ)殿 (どの) (Matsudono)

Compound of 藤 (fuji, “Wisteria floribunda”) +‎ 原 (hara, “(uncultivated) field”).

藤原 (hiragana ふじはら, rōmaji Fujihara, historical hiragana ふぢはら)

1. a placename
2. a surname

Compound of 藤 (pudi, “Wisteria floribunda”) +‎ 原 (para, “(uncultivated) field”).

藤原 (Pudipara) (kana ふぢはら)

1. a powerful clan descended from Nakatomi no Kamatari
2. a placename, especially 藤原京 (Fujiwara-kyō) in present-day Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 2289), text here

     藤原古郷之秋芽子者開而落去寸君待不得而

     Pudipara no₂ purinisi sato₁ no₂ aki₁ pagi₂ pa saki₁te tiriniki₁ ki₁mi₁ mati kanete

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• Japanese: 藤原 (ふじわら, Fujiwara)