伯母おば者じゃ人ひと

Related words

• 伯母おば

  Modern standard term for 'aunt' (one's parent's older sister). 伯母者人 is an archaic ateji form of a related but obsolete reading.

• 叔母おば

  Modern standard term for 'aunt' (one's parent's younger sister). 叔母者人 is an archaic ateji variant.

Written forms

• 伯母おば者じゃ人ひと

  Ateji spelling for おばじゃひと; 伯母 means 'aunt', 者人 is phonetic ateji. Archaic and not used in modern Japanese.

• 叔母おば者じゃ人ひと

  Variant ateji spelling with 叔母 instead of 伯母; equally archaic.

Etymology

The reading おばじゃひと is archaic and its exact derivation is uncertain. The kanji 伯母/叔母 mean 'aunt', while 者人 are ateji used phonetically. The term is not used in modern Japanese.