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瞼 (まなぶた) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

瞼まなぶた

Meanings

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noun

archaic

Archaic reading for eyelid; replaced by まぶた in modern Japanese. Found in classical texts or poetic usage.

古こ典てんでは「まなぶた」と読よむ瞼まなぶたの用よう例れいが見みられる。
In classical literature, examples of 瞼 read as まなぶた can be found.

Kanji

瞼eyelids

Similar words

瞼まぶた
Modern standard reading for eyelid; まなぶた is the archaic variant.

Etymology

The reading まなぶた is an older form of まぶた (eyelid). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely represents an earlier compound of 目 (ma, eye) and 蓋 (futa, lid) with a phonetic shift.