Japanese

kanji
Definitions
  • the or Chinese indigo plant,
  • the color indigo
  • kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 青 (blue, blue-green, grue, lush with life, blue green) + Japanese 居 (residence, sitting in a place, existing in a place, there is, being in a place, being, abode, reside).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

residence, sitting in a place, existing in a place, there is, being in a place, being, abode, reside

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