父ちち者じゃ人ひと

also: ててじゃひと

Meanings

archaichonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Archaic honorific term for one's own or someone else's father. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts or period speech.

古こ文ぶん書しょには「父ちち者じゃ人ひと」と記しるされた箇か所しょがある。
In old documents, there are passages written with the term 'chichijahito' (father).

Kanji

父father
者someone, person
人person

Related words

父ちち
Standard modern term for one's own father, used in formal and humble contexts. 父者人 is an archaic honorific form, not used today.
お父とうさん
Common polite term for father in modern Japanese. 父者人 is an archaic honorific equivalent, now obsolete.

Built from

父ちち+者しゃ+人ひと

Written forms

父者人
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
- ちちじゃひと
  Ateji spelling for the archaic honorific term for father. Rare and primarily of historical interest.
- ててじゃひと
父じゃ人
- ちちじゃひと
  Mixed kanji-kana spelling; also rare and archaic.
- ててじゃひと
ててじゃひと
Alternate reading; even rarer. Included for search coverage.

Etymology

The term is composed of 父 (father), 者 (person), and 人 (person), forming an archaic honorific expression. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in older Japanese texts as a respectful way to refer to a father.