turmericとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly corrupted from Arabic كُرْكُم‎ (kurkum, “Curcuma”). Others have theorized it might come from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜɹ.məɹ.ɪk/, [ˈtʰɝ.mɚ.ɪk], (一般的ではない用法, sometimes proscribed) /ˈtuː.mə.ɹɪk/, [ˈtʰu.mɚ.ɪk]
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.m(ə).ɹɪk/, (一般的ではない用法, sometimes proscribed) /ˈtjuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/, /ˈtʃuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /təɹ.ˈmɛ.ɹɪk/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)məɹɪk, -uːməɹɪk, -ɜː(ɹ)mɹɪk, -uːmɹɪk

名詞

turmeric (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 turmerics)

1. (botany) An Indian plant, Curcuma longa, with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
2. (cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.

   Synonym: haldi

3. A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.

   Synonym: E100

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派生語

参考

• curcumin
• golden
• kunyit
• haldi

参照

• “termerite, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-25.
• Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

Further reading

• turmeric at OneLook Dictionary Search
• turmeric on Wikipedia.
• Curcuma longa on Wikispecies.