"お母さん" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞ka̠ːsã̠ɴ] Forms: お母さん [canonical] (ruby: (かあ)), okāsan [romanization]
Etymology: お (o-, honorific prefix) + 母 (kā, “mother”) + さん (-san, honorific suffix). /okakasama/ → /okkasama/ → /okaːsama/ /okakasan/ → /okkasama/ → /okaːsan/ Attested in Osaka and Kyoto, with rare use in Edo (Tokyo), from the late Edo period, especially among upper-middle class households in Osaka. Usage became widespread in the 20th century after the Ministry of Education adopted お父(とう)さん (otōsan, “father”) and お母(かあ)さん for use in 尋常小学読本 (Jinjō shōgaku dokuhon “Standard elementary school reader”, 1903). Etymology templates: {{affix|ja|お-|母|-さん|pos1=honorific prefix|pos3=honorific suffix|sort=おかあさん|t2=mother|tr1=o-|tr2=kā|tr3=-san}} お (o-, honorific prefix) + 母 (kā, “mother”) + さん (-san, honorific suffix), {{ja-r|お父さん|おとうさん|father}} お父(とう)さん (otōsan, “father”), {{ruby|お􂀿母􂁀(かあ)さん}} お母(かあ)さん, {{lang|ja|尋常小学読本}} 尋常小学読本 Head templates: {{ja-noun|おかあさん}} お母(かあ)さん • (okāsan)
  1. (honorific) mother; one's mother Wikipedia link: Edo period Tags: honorific Categories (topical): Female family members, Parents Synonyms: 御母様 (okāsama) [honorific, polite], 御母様 (okakasama), 御嬶様 (okakasama), 御母様 (otāsama) [childish, honorific], 御母様 (otatasama), 御母さん (okakasan) [archaic, honorific], 御嬶さん (okakasan), 御っ母さん (okkasan)
    Sense id: en-お母さん-ja-noun-U-6RZnzc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with お, Japanese terms suffixed with さん, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Related terms: (haha) (ruby: (はは)) (english: a mother), (kaka) (ruby: (かか)), (kaka) (ruby: (かか)), (kaka) (ruby: (かか)) [vulgar], ママ: mama (english: mama) [childish], a childish form of mother, one's female parent, お袋: one's mother (ofukuro) (ruby: (ふくろ)) [informal], 御袋: one's mother (ofukuro) (ruby: (), (ふくろ)) [informal], 母堂: one's mother (podō) (ruby: (), (どう)) [formal, literary], 母様 (kāsama) (ruby: (かあ), (さま)), 母さん (kakasan) (ruby: (かか)), 御母 (okaka) (ruby: (), (かか)), 御嬶 (okaka) (ruby: (), (かか)), お母ん (okan) (ruby: ()) [Kansai]

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