阿吽

Chinese
 
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
simp. and trad.
(阿吽)		 阿 吽

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit अहूँ (ahūm̐).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

阿吽

  1. (Buddhism) A-un

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 阿吽 – see 阿訇 (“imam; mullah; akhund”).
(This term is a variant form of 阿訇).

Japanese
Kanji in this term
阿 吽
あ
Jinmeiyō		 うん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
阿呍

Etymology

From Sanskrit अहूँ (ahūm̐).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あうん [àúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Proper noun

阿(あ)吽(うん) • (Aun) 

  1. (Buddhism) A-un

Derived terms

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