更紗

更紗

Japanese

更紗, サラサ (sarasa): a sample of chintz fabric from the early 1700s.

Kanji in this term
更	紗
さら Grade: S	さ Jinmeiyō
yutōyomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese saraça.[1][2]

The kanji spelling appears to be an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) さ​らさ [sáꜜràsà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • (Tokyo) さらさ [sàrásá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠ɾa̠sa̠]

Noun

更紗 (katakana サラサ, rōmaji sarasa)

1. サラサ, 更沙: calico, chintz, printed fabric

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN