檳榔

See also: 槟榔

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (檳榔)		檳	榔
simp. (槟榔)		槟	榔
alternative forms		賓桹／宾桹 賓郎／宾郎

Etymology

Described in Qimin Yaoshu [544 CE] and Taiping Yulan [983 CE].

Borrowed from a Southern language, possibly a Mon-Khmer or Austronesian language. Compare Northern Khmer [script needed] (naːt-phlɤːŋ, “a kind of betel leaf bush”), Thavung phalʌ̰̂ː (“betel”); Proto-Vietic *p-naːŋ; Eastern Katu panang; Malay pinang; Acehnese pineung, Tsat naːŋ³³ (< Proto-Chamic *pinaːŋ (“betel nut”)), as well as Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml[əw] (“betel”), whence Khmer ម្លូ (mluu), Vietnamese trầu (< Proto-Vietic *b-luː), Thai พลู (pluu) and perhaps Chinese 扶留 (OC *pa/ba m·ru/m·rus, “a leaf chewed together with betel nut”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 檳榔

1. betel palm
2. betel nut; areca nut (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c mn)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 菁仔, 菁仔子, 栳箬子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (檳榔):

• → Japanese: 檳榔(びんろう) (binrō)
• → Korean: 빈랑(檳榔) (billang)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #12549”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Etymology 1

檳榔 (binrō): the Areca catechu, the areca or betel palm.

Kanji in this term
檳	榔
びん Hyōgai	ろう Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Chinese 檳榔／槟榔 (bīngláng), itself from Malay pinang.

Noun

檳(びん)榔(ろう) or 檳榔(ビンロウ) • (binrō) ^{←びんらう (binrau)?}

1. Areca catechu, the areca or betel palm

Usage notes

As with many terms in biology, this term is often spelled in katakana.

Derived terms

• 檳榔子(びんろうじ) (binrōji): areca nut, betel nut

Etymology 2

檳榔 (birō): the Chinese fan palm.

Kanji in this term
檳	榔
び Hyōgai	ろう Hyōgai
irregular

Unknown. From Chinese, but the use of this term as an alternative spelling is of uncertain derivation.

Noun

檳(び)榔(ろう) or 檳榔(ビロウ) • (birō) ^{←びらう (birau)?}

1. alternative spelling of 蒲葵 (birō): , the Chinese fan palm

Usage notes

As with many terms in biology, this term is often spelled in katakana.