also: たっと
Archaic noun. In modern Japanese, the adjective 尊い (とうとい/たっとい) is used instead. This noun form appears only in classical texts or very formal, old-fashioned contexts.
See also: 貴い
古い文献では、「尊」を「とうと」と読んで、価値や貴さを表す名詞として使うことがある。
In old documents, 尊 is read as とうと and used as a noun meaning value or preciousness.
Archaic kanji spelling for the noun meaning 'value, preciousness, nobility'. The reading とうと is the more common of the two archaic readings.
Archaic kanji spelling with the less common reading たっと.
Alternate archaic kanji spelling, also read とうと.
Alternate archaic kanji spelling with the less common reading たっと.
Derived from the classical adjective 尊し (たふとし), later 尊い (とうとい/たっとい). The noun form is the stem used nominally, now archaic.