唖鈴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唖	鈴
あ Hyōgaiji	れい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
啞鈴 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 唖(あ) (a, “dumb”) + 鈴(れい) (rei, “bell”), calque of English dumbbell. Used by Isawa Shūji (伊沢修二) in 『教育学』 (Kyōikugaku [Pedagogy], 1882).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あれー [áꜜrèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) あれー [àréé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ɾe̞ː]

Noun

唖(あ)鈴(れい) • (arei)

dumbbell

Synonyms

ダンベル (danberu)
鉄唖鈴(てつあれい) (tetsuarei)

Descendants

⇒ Chinese: 啞鈴／哑铃 (yǎlíng)
⇒ Korean: 아령 (aryeong)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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