らに
Japanese edit
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 縁 |
Etymology edit
From 蘭 (ran, “Japanese yew”), with an epenthetic vowel -i added, in turn from Middle Chinese 蘭 (MC lan).[1]
First attested in Mitsuneshū of circa 924 CE.[1]
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- 蘭の花 (rani no hana, “thoroughwart; Japanese yew flower”, obsolete)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “らに 【蘭】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
