阿爺

Readings

Pinyin: āyé

Wade-Giles: ayeh

Hangul: 아야

Korean MC: aya

Korean MR: aya

Katakana: アヤ

Hepburn: aya

Dad!

• A term of address towards one's father. This term is seen used in southern China, as distinguished from 阿釜, seen in northern Chinese texts (Skt. tāta). 〔碧巖錄 T 2003.48.153b28〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Yokoi, Ina-Z, Nakamura, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 10a

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 8

Kattō gosen (Mujaku Dōchū), 911/105

Koga, 4

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 15

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 10b

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1207

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