syogun

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍(しょうぐん) (shōgun), from Middle Chinese compound 將軍 (MC tsjang kjun). The “shogun” sense is originally short for 征夷大将軍(たいしょーぐん) (taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.ɡun/
• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ.ɡun/
• Hyphenation: syo‧gun

Noun

syogun (first-person possessive syogunku, second-person possessive syogunmu, third-person possessive syogunnya)

1. shogun: supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

Alternative forms

• shogun (non-standard)

Malay

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍(しょうぐん) (shōgun), from Middle Chinese compound 將軍 (MC tsjang kjun). The “shogun” sense is originally short for 征夷大将軍(たいしょーぐん) (taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃo.ɡun], [ʃo.ɡən]
• Rhymes: -un, -ən
• Hyphenation: syo‧gun

Noun

syogun (Jawi spelling شوݢون, plural syogun-syogun, informal 1st possessive syogunku, 2nd possessive syogunmu, 3rd possessive syogunnya)

1. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan; shogun.

Further reading

• “syogun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.