ラー

Japanese
ラー (Rā): the Egyptian sun god Ra.

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Egyptian rꜥ.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠ː]

Proper noun

ラー • (Rā) 

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Ra, the sun god
    Synonym: レー (Rē)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from English -er, as a reanalysis of the suffix from シャネラー (shanerā, “a "Chaneler":[7] someone who loves Chanel”), shifting from the expected ā from English -er, to also include the consonant as rā, in accordance with Japanese phonological rules.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠ː]

Suffix

ラー • (-rā) 

  1. (colloquial) supporter, lover.
    マヨラー
    mayo-rā
    a mayonnaise lover

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. “ラー”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. “ラー”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  6. “ラー”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  7. "ラー", in Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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