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

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)^?}

[from 1710s] indigo dyer
Synonym: 藍屋 (aiya)

References

^ “藍染屋”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN