inkstone

English

Etymology

ink +‎ stone

Noun

inkstone (plural inkstones)

1. A stone mortar used for the grinding and containment of ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition.

Translations

stone mortar

• Arabic: حَجَر حَبْر m (ḥajar ḥabr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硯／砚 (zh) (yàn), 砚 (zh) (yàn), 硯臺／砚台 (zh) (yàntái), 砚台 (zh) (yàntái)

• Finnish: mustekivi
• Japanese: 硯 (ja) (すずり, suzuri)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 벼루 (ko) (byeoru)
• Portuguese: pedra de tinta f
• Thai: จานฝนหมึก (jaan-fǒn-mʉ̀k)
• Yonaguni: 硯 (ちでぃり, chidiri)

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