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砂漠

砂漠

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 沙漠.
(This term, 砂漠, is a variant form of 沙漠.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
ばく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Chinese /*ʂamɑk̚/ > Japanese /*sabaku/.

Pronunciation

Noun

砂漠 (hiragana さばく, romaji sabaku)

  1. desert (barren area)

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

砂漠 (samak) (hangeul 사막)

  1. Hanja form? of 사막, “desert (barren area)”.