藍染め

Japanese
Kanji in this term
藍 染
あい
Grade: S		 そ > ぞ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
藍染

Etymology

Compound of 藍(あい) (ai, “indigo color”) + 染(そ)め (some, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 染(そ)める (someru, “to dye”).). The some changes to zome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First attested in 927.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あいぞめ [àízómé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠izo̞me̞]

Noun

藍(あい)染(ぞ)め • (aizome) ←あゐぞめ (awizome)?

  1. [from 927] indigo-dyed textile

Derived terms

References
  1. “藍染”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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