"天鵞" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞ŋɡa̠] Forms: 天鵞 [canonical] (ruby: (てん), ()), tenga [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 天鵞 /天鹅 (then nga, “swan”, literally “heavenly + goose”). The second character 鵞 /鹅 (é) has apparently been superseded in modern Chinese by the alternative form 鵝 /鹅 (é). Compare modern Cantonese 天鵝 /天鹅 (tin¹ ngo⁴). This word appears in the 1734 work 本朝世事綺談 (Honchō Seji Kidan, “Embellished Tales of Everyday Japan”; also listed as 本朝世事談綺, with the last two characters swapped), in a description of the kanji spelling of 天鵞絨 (tengajū ,alternative reading birōdo, “velvet”, archaic, largely replaced by the borrowed term ビロード (birōdo)). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=てんが}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{cog|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{lang|ja|本朝世事綺談}} 本朝世事綺談, {{lang|ja|本朝世事談綺}} 本朝世事談綺, {{upright|alternative reading}} alternative reading Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんが}} 天(てん)鵞(が) • (tenga)
  1. (rare, obsolete) a swan Tags: obsolete, rare Synonyms: 白鳥 Derived forms: 天鵞絨 (tengajū) (ruby: 天鵞絨(てんがじゅう)) (english: velvet)
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Download raw JSONL data for 天鵞 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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