ずきん

Japanese

Etymology 1

First cited to a text from 1977.[1]

Reduced form of reduplicated adverb ずきんずきん (zukinzukin),[1] which is first attested in 1919.[1] In turn, that is the emphatic form of adverb ずきずき (zukizuki),[1][2] which is cited from 1789.[1]

Ultimately appears to be derived from verb 疼く (uzuku, “to throb painfully”). Part of a cluster of related adverbs all sharing the element ずき (zuki).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ずき​ん [zùkíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zɨᵝkʲĩɴ]

Adverb

ずきん or ズキン • (zukin) 

  1. [from 1977] (onomatopoeia) throbbingly and painfully
Usage notes
  • Generally used with the adverbial particle と (to).
  • ずきんずきん (zukinzukin)
  • ずきずき (zukizuki, not as emphatic)
  • ずきり (zukiri)
See also
  • どきん (dokin, “throbbingly”, emphatic)
  • どきどき (dokidoki, “throbbingly”)
  • どきり (dokiri, “throbbingly”)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of ずきん – see the following entry.
【頭巾】
[noun] hood, turban
(This term, ずきん, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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