ごぼう

See also: こほう, こぼう, and ごほう

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
牛蒡
午蒡 (dated)
牛房 (obsolete)
午房 (obsolete)

Certainly from Middle Chinese 牛蒡 (MC ngjuw pangX), but with a shift from the expected go-on reading of *guhō (or with rendaku as *gubō); compare Korean 우엉 (ueong).

Pronunciation

Noun

ごぼう or ゴボウ • (gobō) ←ごばう (gobau)?

  1. burdock (Arctium lappa)
  2. burdock root
Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of ごぼう – see the following entry: 御坊

(The following entry is uncreated: 御坊.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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