Bakan.

Brit.

/ˈbɑːkə/,

/ˈbakə/, U.S.

/ˈbɑkə/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese baka.

Etymology: < Japanese baka originally denoting a simple-minded person (15th cent., also as adjective ‘simple-minded’; 1603 as noun baca in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam), now more generally ‘fool’ (19th cent., also ‘tomfoolery’); further etymology uncertain, perhaps ultimately (via Buddhist uses) < Sanskrit moha bewilderment, folly, (in Buddhist contexts) ignorance.The Japanese word was applied to the aircraft in an English context, originally as a code word in the U.S. military, then more widely as a derogatory nickname used by Allied forces; the Japanese name for the aircraft was ōka , literally ‘cherry blossom’ (compare quot. 1974).

Originally U.S. Now historical.

A small attack aircraft or piloted missile, either unpowered or powered by solid-fuel rocket motors and carrying an explosive warhead, used in suicide missions by Japanese forces in the latter part of the Second World War. Usually as modifier, esp. in Baka bomb. Cf. kamikaze n. 2a.

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1945 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 27 Mar. 4/5 Apparently the Navy did its utmost to find a derisive term for the human-piloted Japanese rocket bomb. Americans named it ‘Baka bomb’.

1945 M. L. Deyo Action Rep. 5 May in S. A. Morrison Victory in Pacific (1960) 224 This initial baka attack was well timed. At about 1445 April 12, Abele was crashed by a Zeke... About one minute later, in came a baka at 500 knots.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia V. 678/3 The best known of several craft built especially for kamikaze use was the Ohka, a manned missile, nicknamed ‘Baka’ by the Allies from the Japanese word for fool.

2013 N. Friedman Naval Anti-aircraft Gun & Gunnery i. 39/1 Immediately afterwards a ‘Baka’ hit her starboard waterline. The destroyer broke in two and sank at once.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	baka
释义	Bakan. Brit. /ˈbɑːkə/, /ˈbakə/, U.S. /ˈbɑkə/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese baka. Etymology: < Japanese baka originally denoting a simple-minded person (15th cent., also as adjective ‘simple-minded’; 1603 as noun baca in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam), now more generally ‘fool’ (19th cent., also ‘tomfoolery’); further etymology uncertain, perhaps ultimately (via Buddhist uses) < Sanskrit moha bewilderment, folly, (in Buddhist contexts) ignorance.The Japanese word was applied to the aircraft in an English context, originally as a code word in the U.S. military, then more widely as a derogatory nickname used by Allied forces; the Japanese name for the aircraft was ōka , literally ‘cherry blossom’ (compare quot. 1974). Originally U.S. Now historical. A small attack aircraft or piloted missile, either unpowered or powered by solid-fuel rocket motors and carrying an explosive warhead, used in suicide missions by Japanese forces in the latter part of the Second World War. Usually as modifier, esp. in Baka bomb. Cf. kamikaze n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > aircraft used in kamikaze attack kamikaze1944 Baka1945 1945 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 27 Mar. 4/5 Apparently the Navy did its utmost to find a derisive term for the human-piloted Japanese rocket bomb. Americans named it ‘Baka bomb’. 1945 M. L. Deyo Action Rep. 5 May in S. A. Morrison Victory in Pacific (1960) 224 This initial baka attack was well timed. At about 1445 April 12, Abele was crashed by a Zeke... About one minute later, in came a baka at 500 knots. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia V. 678/3 The best known of several craft built especially for kamikaze use was the Ohka, a manned missile, nicknamed ‘Baka’ by the Allies from the Japanese word for fool. 2013 N. Friedman Naval Anti-aircraft Gun & Gunnery i. 39/1 Immediately afterwards a ‘Baka’ hit her starboard waterline. The destroyer broke in two and sank at once. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1945
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