"サボテン" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [sa̠bo̞tẽ̞ɴ] Forms: サボテン [canonical], さぼてん [canonical], saboten [romanization]
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from Portuguese sabão (“soap”), possibly suffixed with 手 (te, “hand; helper; means of an action”), as cactus stems were used by the Portuguese to remove stains. If this derivation is correct, this would represent a sound shift of sabon te → saboten. The kanji are orthographic borrowing from Chinese 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng) and Chinese 霸王樹/霸王树 (bàwángshù). First cited to around 1764 as 仙人掌. Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|sort=さぼてん}} Unknown, {{der|ja|pt|sabão||soap|sort=さぼてん}} Portuguese sabão (“soap”), {{m|ja|手||hand; helper; means of an action|tr=te}} 手 (te, “hand; helper; means of an action”), {{obor|ja|zh|仙人掌|nocap=1|sort=さぼてん}} orthographic borrowing from Chinese 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng), {{der|ja|zh|霸王樹|sort=さぼてん}} Chinese 霸王樹/霸王树 (bàwángshù), {{lang|ja|仙人掌}} 仙人掌 Head templates: {{ja-noun|サボテン|さぼてん}} サボテン or さぼてん • (saboten)
  1. cactus (member of the Cactaceae family) Wikipedia link: Daijisen, Shogakukan, Tōkyō, ja:大辞泉, ja:松村明 Categories (lifeform): Cacti Synonyms: シャボテン Related terms: シャボン (shabon) (english: soap), 仙人 (sennin) (ruby: (せん), (にん))

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