弁柄

Japanese
Kanji in this term
弁 柄
べん
Grade: 5		 がら
Grade: S
goon kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
紅殻

Etymology

Borrowing of Dutch Bengala (“Bengal”),[1][2][3][4] or of Portuguese Bengala (“Bengal”),[5] as both the cloth and the red iron oxide were imported from Bengal in the Edo period.[5][6]

Doublet of ベンガル (Bengaru, “Bengal”). The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

First cited to a text from 1693.[5]

Pronunciation

Noun

弁(べん)柄(がら) or 弁柄(ベンガラ) • (bengara) 

  1. [from 1825] red iron oxide
  2. [from 1693] a kind of cloth first imported from Bengal during the Edo period, made using silk for the warp threads and cotton for the weft
    Synonym: 弁柄縞 (bengara-jima)

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  6. “べんがら”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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