らに

Japanese
Alternative spelling
縁

Etymology

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

らに • (rani) 

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of 藤袴 (fujibakama, “throughwart”)
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of 蘭 (ran, “Japanese yew”)

Derived terms
  • 蘭(らに)の花(はな) (rani no hana, “thoroughwart; Japanese yew flower”, obsolete)

References
  1. “らに 【蘭】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎ (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.)
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