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

Noun

唖(あ)鈴(れい) • (arei) 

  1. 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

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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