ギター

Japanese

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor.
    Aramaic קיתראbor.
    Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor.
    Old Spanish guitarra
    Spanish guitarrabor.
    English guitarbor.
    Japanese ギター

    Borrowed from English guitar.[1][2][3][4]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ギター • (gitā) 

    1. a guitar
      ギターを弾(ひ)く
      gitā o hiku
      to play the guitar

    Descendants

    • → Hakka: 吉他 (kí-tá)
    • → Min Nan: 吉他 (gì-tà, gih-tah)

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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