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さやか

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spellings
明か
清か

From Old Japanese.

Derived from adverb (saya, clearly) +‎ (-ka, adjective-forming suffix[1]).

Cognate with 冴える (saeru).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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さやか (sayakaさやか (sayaka)?-na (adnominal さやか (sayaka na), adverbial さやか (sayaka ni))

  1. cold and clear
    さやかに(ほし)はきらめき
    Sayaka ni hoshi wa kirameki”
    The stars shine clearly
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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Various 名乗り (nanori) readings of kanji, with most deriving from a nominalization of sayaka above.

Proper noun

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さやか (Sayaka

  1. 明香, 清香, 才加: a female given name
  2. 咲也香, 紗也香, 沙弥佳, 沙耶香, 沙也加, 早矢香, 佐哉香: a female given name

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN