達磨鮫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
達	磨	鮫
Grade: 4	Grade: S	さめ > ざめ Hyōgaiji
irregular	on’yomi	kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 達磨 (Daruma, “Dharma, Bodhidharma”) +‎ 鮫 (same, “shark”). The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da̠ɾɯ̟ᵝma̠za̠me̞]

Noun

達磨鮫(だるまざめ) or 達磨鮫(ダルマザメ) • (darumazame) 

1. Isistius brasiliensis: the cookiecutter shark, also called the cigar shark