甲比丹 in Japanese

Forms: 甲比丹 [canonical] (ruby: 甲比丹(カピタン)), 甲比丹 [canonical] (ruby: 甲比丹(カピテン)), kapitan [romanization], kapiten [romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 甲必丹 but altered with 比(ぴ) (pi). The Literary Chinese term is from Hokkien 甲必丹 (Kap-pit-tan), which is from Malay kapitan, which is from Portuguese capitam (“captain”). The カピテン (Kapiten) reading though comes from Dutch kapitein (“captain”). Etymology templates: {{obor|ja|lzh|甲必丹|tr=-}} Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 甲必丹, {{ja-r|比|ぴ}} 比(ぴ) (pi), {{ncog|lzh|-}} Literary Chinese, {{der|ja|nan-hbl|甲必丹|tr=Kap-pit-tan}} Hokkien 甲必丹 (Kap-pit-tan), {{der|ja|ms|kapitan}} Malay kapitan, {{der|ja|pt|capitão|alt=capitam|t=captain}} Portuguese capitam (“captain”), {{ja-r|^カピテン}} カピテン (Kapiten), {{bor|ja|nl|kapitein||captain}} Dutch kapitein (“captain”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|カピタン|カピテン}} 甲比丹(カピタン) or 甲比丹(カピテン) • (kapitan or kapiten)

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"甲比丹" meaning in Japanese

Noun