English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 月読 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi), originally a compound of 月 (つく, tsuku, “the moon”) + 読み (よみ, yomi, “reading”, ancient meaning of “counting”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tsukuyomi
- (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.
- Synonym: Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Coordinate terms
Translations
Japanese moon god
- Arabic: تْسُوكُويُومِي m (tsūkūyūmī)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 月讀 / 月读 (Yuèdú)
- Esperanto: Cukujomi
- Greek: Τσουκουγιόμι m (Tsoukougiómi), Τσουκιγιόμι m (Tsoukigiómi)
- Hindi: त्सुकुयोमी (tsukuyomī)
- Hungarian: Cukujomi
- Japanese: 月読 (ja), 月読み, 月夜見 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi; つきよみ, Tsukiyomi)
- Korean: 쓰쿠요미 (Sseukuyomi), 쓰쿠요미노 미코토 (Sseukuyomino mikoto)
- Marathi: त्सुकुयोमी (tsukuyomī)
- Persian: تسوکویومی (tsukuyomi)
- Russian: Цукиёми m (Cukijómi), Цукуёми m (Cukujómi)
- Slovene: Cukijomi m
- Tamil: சுக்குயோமி (cukkuyōmi)
- Thai: สึกุโยะมิ (sʉ̀-gù-yó-mí)
- Ukrainian: Цукуйо́мі m (Cukujómi)
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Japanese
Romanization
Tsukuyomi
- Rōmaji transcription of つくよみ
- Rōmaji transcription of ツクヨミ