伽耶琴

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
伽	耶	琴
か Jinmeiyō	や Jinmeiyō	きん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
伽倻琴

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伽耶琴

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 가야금(伽倻琴) (gayageum).

Analyzable as 伽耶(かや) (Kaya, “Gaya”) + 琴(きん) (kin, “koto”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かやきん (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

伽(か)耶(や)琴(きん) • (kaya-kin) ^{←かやきん (kayakin)^?}

gayageum
Synonym: 新羅琴 (Shiragi-goto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
伽	耶	琴
カ Jinmeiyō	ヤ Jinmeiyō	グム Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
伽倻琴

From Korean 가야금(伽倻琴) (gayageum).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

伽(カ)耶(ヤ)琴(グム) • (kayagumu)

Alternative form of 伽耶琴 (Kaya-kin, “gayageum”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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