Where does “屁負比丘尼” come from?
屁負比丘尼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 比丘尼, from Pali bhikkhunī, from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी, from Sanskrit नी, from Proto-Indo-European neyH- — to lead.
屁負比丘尼 (Japanese): a Buddhist nun hired by a high-ranking noble household to accompany a noblewoman in public and take the blame for her farts and other public faults, in the late Muromachi period or Edo period
Definitions
- a Buddhist nun hired by a high-ranking noble household to accompany a noblewoman in public and take the blame for her farts and other public faults, in the late Muromachi period or Edo period
Ancestry of “屁負比丘尼”, step by step
屁負比丘尼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 比丘尼
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 比丘尼 | bhikkhuni |
| 2 | Pali | bhikkhunī | Buddhist nun |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भिक्षुणी | Buddhist nun |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नी | to guide, govern, direct |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | neyH- | to lead |
via Japanese 屁
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 屁 | flatulence, fart |