アンジャベル

Japanese

Etymology

Possibly a change in a borrowing from Dutch anjelier or anjer (“carnation flower”).^[1]^[2] However, the Dutch ⟨j⟩ is pronounced as /j/, not as /d͡ʒ/ or /d͡ʑ/, and the -beru (-beru) ending has no clear derivation, suggesting that there may be a different source.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) アンジャベル [àńjáꜜbèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠be̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

アンジャベル • (anjaberu)

(archaic, possibly obsolete) a carnation flower

Usage notes

Superseded in modern Japanese by the English loan カーネーション (kānēshon).

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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