まろ

Japanese

Etymology 1

    Alternative spellings
    麻呂
    麿

    Likely a compound of ま (ma) and suffix ろ (-ro), similar to pronoun わろ (waro) from 我(わ) (wa) and ろ (-ro).

    Another hypothesis derives it from a meaning "chap, fellow".

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ma̠ɾo̞]

    Pronoun

    まろ • (maro) ←まろ (maro)?

    1. (archaic) I, me, my, mine

    Suffix

    まろ • (-maro) ←まろ (-maro)?

    1. (obsolete) used in male names
      阿(あ)倍(べの)仲(なか)麻(ま)呂(ろ)
      abe no nakamaro
      Abe no Nakamaro
      近(この)衛(え)文(ふみ)麿(まろ)
      konoe fumimaro
      Konoe Fumimaro

    Alternative forms

    Etymology 2

      For pronunciation and definitions of まろ – see the following entry.
      【丸】2
      [adjective] (Classical Japanese) round
      [adjective] plump and thick
      [adjective] all, whole
      [noun] a round object
      [noun] roundness, plumpness
      [noun] all, whole
      [noun] (obsolete) money, coins
      [proper noun] a surname
      Alternative spelling
      円
      (This term, まろ (maro), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
      For a list of all kanji read as まろ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as まろ.
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