薔薇

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薔薇

1. (botany) rose, especially multiflora rose

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薔薇

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From 茨 (ibara, “bramble, briar”), itself an alteration from earlier reading ubara of the same meaning. The reading mubara appears in Heian period sources, but ubara is older.^[1]

The spelling is from Chinese 薔薇 / 蔷薇 (qiángwēi).

• (Tokyo) ばら (Heiban – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

薔薇(ばら) or 薔薇(バラ) • (bara) 

1. any shrub with thorns: a bramble, a briar
2. a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose

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

/sʲaubi/ → /ɕʲɔːbi/ → /ɕoːbi/

From Middle Chinese 薔薇 (MC dzjang|srik mij|mj+j, literally “wild rose + kind of fern”).

• (Tokyo) しょーび (Atamadaka – )^[3][4]
• IPA^(key):

薔(しょう)薇(び) • (shōbi) ^{←しやうび (syaubi)?}

1. a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose
2. a color scheme for 襲 (kasane, literally “layering”, a traditional style of layering robes or kimono), with crimson for the outer layer and purple for the inner layer

For the rose sense, the bara reading above is most common.

/saubi/ → /sɔːbi/ → /soːbi/

Uses the goon reading of sō for the first character, and the kan'on reading of bi for the second character. Appears to be a shift in reading from shōbi above.^[4]

• (Tokyo) そーび (Atamadaka – )^[3][4]
• IPA^(key):

薔(そう)薇(び) • (sōbi) ^{←さうび (saubi)?}

1. a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose
2. a color scheme for 襲 (kasane, literally “layering”, a traditional style of layering robes or kimono), with crimson for the outer layer and purple for the inner layer

For the rose sense, the bara reading above is most common.

薔薇 • (jangmi) (hangeul 장미)

1. hanja form^? of 장미 (“rose”)