弁柄

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
べん
Grade: 5
がら
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
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Etymology

Borrowing of Dutch Bengala (Bengal),[1] or of Portuguese Bengala (Bengal),[2] as red iron oxide was imported from Bengal in the Edo period.

Doublet of ベンガル (Bengaru, Bengal). The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

Noun

(べん)(がら) or 弁柄(ベンガラ) (bengara

  1. red iron oxide

Derived terms

References

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  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN