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ぶたん【牡丹】 : butan | define meaning
butan
Pronunciation: [butaŋ̍]
Definition
Noun
- Tree peony (Paeonia × suffruticosa)
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan ぶたん butan; and standard Japanese ぼたん【牡丹】 botan "tree peony". Ultimately from Chinese 【牡丹】 "tree peony" (cf. Mandarin mǔdān; Cantonese maau5 daan1 and mau5 daan1; Hokkien bó͘-tan; Teochew bhou2 duan1; Wu 6meu-te and 6mau-te; Sino-Korean 모란 moran; Sino-Vietnamese mẫu đơn), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *muwX tan.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 牡丹 |
| Kana | ぶたん |
| Romanization | butan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [butaŋ̍] |
意味：ぼたん・ボタン【牡丹】
Categories:
牡丹
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, December 16). ぶたん【牡丹】 : butan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 23, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6762/butan/.