jinriksha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 人力車 (じんりきしゃ, jinrikisha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɪnˈɹɪk.ʃə/

Noun

jinriksha (plural jinrikshas)

1. Synonym of rickshaw
   • 1898 July, Mabel Loomis Todd, "In Aino-land", The Century Illustrated Montly Magazine, Vol. LVI, No. 3, p. 346:

     There are no roads outside the villages in northern Yezo, no jinriksha,—those most fascinating man-power carriages,—no kago, or swinging cars, and no side-saddles...

   • 1904, Marietta Holley, Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition, →ISBN:

     In the Transportation Buildin' is a map one hundred feet long, showing the transportation facilities of the Empire, a perfect network of railways and telegraphand telephone wires, showin' they have other ways of gettin' 'round there besides man-carts and jinrikshas, yes, indeed!

Alternative forms

• jinricksha, jinrickshaw, jinrikisha, jinnyrickshaw