石榴

Clipping of 安石榴 (ānshíliú); see there for more.

石榴

1. pomegranate
2. (Shouguang Mandarin) hawthorn
3. (Cantonese) guava

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “石榴” in 佛學大辭典 .

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Pomegranate

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From Middle Chinese 石榴 (MC dzyek ljuw, literally “stone + pomegranate”). Compare modern Wu reading zaq lieu, Hakka sa̍k-liù.

The zakuro reading is irregular. This may represent a shift in pronunciation from an older borrowing: compare the expected goon reading jakuru. Alternatively, this reading may reflect an ancient sound borrowing, indicating the Zagros Mountains of modern-day Iran, where the pomegranate was originally cultivated.^[1]

The spelling 柘榴 is attested in 747 CE.^[2] The zakuro reading is attested to at least the late 900s in the 古今和歌六帖 (Kokin Waka Rokujō, “Six Volumes of Waka Poetry of Ancient and Modern Times”).^[2]

• (Tokyo) ざくろ (Atamadaka – )^[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key):

石(ざく)榴(ろ) or 石榴(ザクロ) • (zakuro) 

1. pomegranate

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ザクロ.

From Middle Chinese 石榴 (MC dzyek ljuw, literally “stone + pomegranate”). Uses the regular goon reading of jaku for the first character, and the irregular ro reading for the second character instead of the expected goon reading of ru.

The jakuro reading is attested from the mid-1400s.^[2] While rare and missing from some dictionaries,^[3][5] this reading is attested more recently in a text from the 1960s.^[2]

• IPA^(key):

石(じゃく)榴(ろ) • (jakuro) 

1. (rare) pomegranate

The zakuro reading above is the most common reading for this term.

/sekiriu/ → /sekirjuː/

From Middle Chinese 石榴 (MC dzyek ljuw, literally “stone + pomegranate”). Uses the regular kanon reading of both characters.

The sekiriu reading is attested from the mid-1400s.^[2]

• (Tokyo) せきりゅう (Atamadaka – )^[3]
• IPA^(key):

石(せき)榴(りゅう) • (sekiryū) ^{←せきりう (sekiriu)?}

1. (uncommon) pomegranate

The zakuro reading above is the most common reading for this term.

石榴 • (seongnyu) (hangeul 석류)

1. hanja form^? of 석류 (“pomegranate”)

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ざぐら.^[1] Appears to be cognate with Japanese 石榴 (zakuro); see that entry for further details.

石榴(ざくら) (zakura) 

1. pomegranate

石榴

1. chữ Hán form of thạch lựu (“pomegranate”).