🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
じゃくる【石榴・柘榴・若榴】 : jakuru | define meaning
jakuru
Pronunciation: [d͡ʑakuɾu]
Definition
Noun
- Pomegranate
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima じゃくろ jakuro; Okinawan じゃくる jakuru; and standard Japanese ざくろ【石榴・柘榴・若榴】 zakuro "pomegranate".
Historical Japanese attestations
- Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam (1603), aka Nippo Jisho (日葡辞書), records "Iacuro, I, zacuro. Romaõ, ou romeira." (Jakuro, zakuro. Pomegranate fruit or tree).
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「ざぐら」石榴（ザクロ）".
- The Okinawan Language (A Synchronic Description) (1963), by Owen Robert Loveless, records "jakúru, pomegranate".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 石榴 柘榴 若榴 |
| Kana | じゃくる |
| Romanization | jakuru |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [d͡ʑakuɾu] |
意味：ざくろ・ザクロ【石榴・柘榴・若榴】
Categories:
石榴
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, January 27). じゃくる【石榴・柘榴・若榴】 : jakuru | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6823/jakuru/.