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Japanese
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| 藝者 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Appears to be a Japanese coinage of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 芸 (gei, “art, technique”) + 者 (sha, “person”).
Pronunciation
Noun
芸者 • (geisha)
- a geisha
- one who is proficient in an art, an artisan
1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 295:
- a person who utilizes their art as an occupation
- 1688: 日本永代蔵, Volume 6, Chapter 5
- 一切の人間、目有鼻あり、手あしもかはらず生れ付て、貴人・高人、よろづの藝者は各別、常の町人、金銀の有徳ゆへ世上に名をしらるゝ事、是を思へば、若き時よりかせぎて、分限の其名を世に殘さぬは口をし。
- one who entertains parties with song and dance
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