Chinese
Proper noun
天竺
- (archaic) India or Nepal
Derived terms
- 天竺書／天竺书
- 天竺牡丹 (tiānzhú mǔdān)
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Related terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
/tendiku/ → /tenziku/
From Middle Chinese 天竺 (*ten *djiuk?), a transcription from either of the following:
First mentioned in the 後漢書 (Gokansho, “Book of the Later Han”), in volume 88, the 西域伝 (Saiiki Den, “Treatise on the Western Regions”).
Proper noun
天竺 (hiragana てんじく, romaji Tenjiku, historical hiragana てんぢく)
- (archaic) India
Synonyms
Prefix
天竺 (hiragana てんじく, romaji Tenjiku, historical hiragana てんぢく)
- foreign or exotic
- overly spicy or hot
Usage notes
The prefix senses appear to have arisen after European traders arrived in Japan, by way of India.[3]
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 天竺葵 (Tenjiku aoi): an “Indian hollyhock or mallow” → a geranium
- 天竺織 (tenjiku ori): “Indian weaving” → a kind of thick woven cloth featuring various designs of birds, people, and other motifs
- 天竺花 (Tenjiku ka): an “Indian flower” → alternate for 萩 (hagi, “bush clover”)
- 天竺楽 (Tenjiku gaku): “Indian music” → those pieces of 雅楽 (gagaku, “ancient court music”) originating from India
- 天竺鮫 (Tenjiku-zame): an “Indian shark” → a wobbegong, a shark of family Orectolobidae
- 天竺鯛 (Tenjiku-dai): an “Indian sea bream” → a kind of cardinalfish, Apogon lineatus
- 天竺茄子 (Tenjiku nasubi): “Indian eggplant” → alternate for 朝鮮朝顔 (Chōsen asagao, literally “Korean morning glory”): the devil's trumpet or metel, Datura metel
- 天竺鼠 (Tenjiku nezumi): an “Indian rat” → a guinea pig, a cavy
- 天竺醤 (Tenjiku hishio): “Indian sauce” → a kind of spicy uncooked miso
- 天竺菩提樹 (Tenjiku bodaiju): “Indian linden tree” → the bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa
- 天竺牡丹 (Tenjiku botan): an “Indian peony” → a dahlia
- 天竺豆 (Tenjiku mame): “Indian bean” → alternate for 八升豆 (hasshō mame): the velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens
- 天竺守 (Tenjiku mamori): “Indian protector, Indian charm” → alternate for 八房 (yatsubusa), the fasciculatum variety of Capsicum annuum (chili pepper)
- 天竺味噌 (Tenjiku miso): “Indian miso” → spicy miso
- 天竺木綿 (Tenjiku momen): “Indian cotton” → thickly woven cotton sheeting
- 天竺様 (Tenjiku yō): “Indian style” → a style of Buddhist temple architecture imported from the Southern Song Dynasty during the Kamakura period
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Etymology 2
By extension from the 天 character (“sky, heavens”), and possibly by association with the Himalayas.
Noun
天竺 (hiragana てんじく, romaji tenjiku)
- the sky, the heavens
- a high place, the top of something, a summit
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 天竺豆 (tenjiku mame): “sky bean” → alternate for 空豆 (sora mame): the broad bean or fava bean, Vicia faba
- 天竺浪人 (tenjiku rōnin): a vagrant, a wanderer (The 天竺 portion of this term is purely slang, a play on the term 逐電 (chikuden, “running away, absconding”, literally “chasing lightning”).)
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References
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↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
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1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan