大祖父

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	祖	父
おお Grade: 1	おおじ
おお Grade: 1	Grade: 5	Grade: 2
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

大(おお)祖父(おおじ) • (ōōji) ^{←おほおほぢ (ofoofodi)^?}

great-grandfather
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 111:
  曾祖父尔雅云、曾祖父之父爲曾祖父和名於保於保知
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

曽(そう)祖(そ)父(ふ) (sōsofu)

Related terms

大(おお)祖(お)母(ば) (ōoba)
曾祖伯父(おおおおじおじ) (ōōjioji)

References

Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.