唖鈴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唖	鈴
あ Hyōgai	れい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
啞鈴 (kyūjitai) アレイ 亜鈴

Etymology

Compound of 唖(あ) (a, “dumb”) + 鈴(れい) (rei, “bell”), calque of English dumbbell. Used by Isawa Shūji (伊沢修二) in 『教育学』 (Kyōikugaku [Pedagogy], 1882).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あれー [áꜜrèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) あれー [àréé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾe̞ː]

Noun

唖(あ)鈴(れい) • (arei) 

1. dumbbell

Synonyms

• ダンベル (danberu)
• 鉄唖鈴(てつあれい) (tetsuarei)

Descendants

• ⇒ Chinese: 啞鈴 / 哑铃 (yǎlíng)
• ⇒ Korean: 아령 (aryeong)