奈良

Etymology
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Etymology
From. Attested from at least the early 700s. The kanji are.

Various ancient spellings suggest forms ending in -ku or -ki. This latter element is not attested past the 🇨🇬 stage:

奈羅, 那羅,, 儺羅 名良, 奈良, 那良 那楽, 寧楽 平城 → → * *  *  →

According to the  (720 ), the placename is derived from the Japanese verb,. In The Study of Place Names, Kunio Yanagida stated, “Nara stands for ‘flatland’.”

However, an analysis of Old Japanese phonetic spellings () reveals that the city name was often spelled with a final -ku or -ki element, which makes it phonologically unlikely that the city name derives directly from the verb narasu. The root from which the verb itself derives, nar-, appears in various terms related to “flat” or “flatness”, a fitting descriptor for the local geography. The final -ku or -ki element in the ancient spellings may be 🇨🇬, as also suggested in the alternative kanji spelling. See also the discussion of the city name's etymology on Wikipedia.

Proper noun

 * , especially:

Etymology
From the  (720 ):

However, analysis of phonetic spellings reveals that the placename was often spelled with a final -ku or -ki2 element.

Proper noun

 * 1) a placename in, the seat of power of the ancient Yamato court