藍屋

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
藍	屋
あい Grade: S	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 藍(あい) (ai) + 屋(や) (ya).

First cited in 1684.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あいや [àíꜜyà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
(Tokyo) あいや [àíyá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠ija̠]

Noun

藍(あい)屋(や) • (aiya) ^{←あゐや (awya)^?}

[from 1684] Alternative form of 藍染屋 (aizomeya, “indigo dyer”).

References

“藍屋”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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