"弁柄" meaning in Japanese

See 弁柄 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [bẽ̞ŋɡa̠ɾa̠] Forms: 弁柄 [canonical] (ruby: 弁(べん), 柄(がら)), 弁柄 [canonical] (ruby: 弁柄(ベンガラ)), bengara [romanization], 紅殻 [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: Borrowing of Dutch Bengala (“Bengal”), or of Portuguese Bengala (“Bengal”), as both the cloth and the red iron oxide were imported from Bengal in the Edo period. Doublet of ベンガル (Bengaru, “Bengal”). The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)). First cited to a text from 1693. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|nl|Bengala|sort=へんがら'|t=Bengal}} Dutch Bengala (“Bengal”), {{bor|ja|pt|Bengala|sort=へんがら'|t=Bengal}} Portuguese Bengala (“Bengal”), {{doublet|ja|ベンガル|sort=へんがら'|t1=Bengal|tr1=Bengaru}} Doublet of ベンガル (Bengaru, “Bengal”), {{ja-r|当て字|あてじ|rom=-}} 当(あ)て字(じ), {{ateji|sort=へんがら'}} ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|べんがら|ベンガラ}} 弁(べん)柄(がら) or 弁柄(ベンガラ) • (bengara)
  1. red iron oxide
    Sense id: en-弁柄-ja-noun-4hpEIzKx Categories (other): Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 35 65
  2. a kind of cloth first imported from Bengal during the Edo period, made using silk for the warp threads and cotton for the weft Synonyms: 弁柄縞
    Sense id: en-弁柄-ja-noun-WK~tzSw5 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bangladesh, Fabrics, History of India, History of Japan, India, Inorganic compounds Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Bangladesh: 0 100 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 8 92 Disambiguation of History of India: 8 92 Disambiguation of History of Japan: 32 68 Disambiguation of India: 7 93 Disambiguation of Inorganic compounds: 8 92

Alternative forms

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