藍染屋

藍染屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藍	染	屋
あい Grade: S	そめ > ぞめ Grade: 6	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 藍屋(あいや) (aiya)

Etymology

Compound of 藍染(あいぞめ) (aizome) + 屋(や) (ya).

First cited in the 1710s.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいぞめや [àízóméyá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠izo̞me̞ja̠]

Noun

藍(あい)染(ぞめ)屋(や) • (aizomeya) ^{←あゐぞめや (awizomeya)?}

1. [from 1710s] indigo dyer

References

1. “藍染屋”, 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