noun
Archaic honorific abbreviation of 姉者人 (あねじゃひと). Used in historical or period contexts to refer respectfully to an older sister or a woman of older-sister status.
See also: 姉者人
「姉じゃ、こちらへ」と時代劇でよく聞く。
You often hear 'Aneja, over here' in period dramas.
古文書には「姉者」と記されることもある。
In old documents, it is sometimes written as 姉者.
Abbreviation of 姉者人 (あねじゃひと), an archaic honorific term for an elder sister. The じゃ is a contraction of 者 (しゃ→じゃ), used phonetically. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it appears in Edo-period and earlier texts.