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Where does “馬鹿野郎” come from?

馬鹿野郎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 馬鹿, from Sanskrit मोह, from Proto-Indo-Iranian máwǰʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawǰʰ- ~ mawgʰ- — to err, to be foolish, to deviate.

馬鹿野郎 (Japanese): idiot, moron, nimrod

Definitions

  1. idiot, moron, nimrod

Ancestry of “馬鹿野郎”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese馬鹿foolish, idiotic, stupid, ridiculous; useless,...
2Sanskritमोहloss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity,...
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmáwǰʰas—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmawǰʰ- ~ mawgʰ-to err, to be foolish, to deviate

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