English
jinriksha
Jinriksha comes from Japanese 人力車 ‘a rickshaw’.
- Japanesemodern人力車jinrikisha‘a rickshaw’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898jinriksha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern人力車jinrikisha‘a rickshaw’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898jinriksha
Earliest quotation: 1898, Mabel Loomis Todd, The Century Illustrated Montly Magazine: “There are no roads outside the villages in northern…”
Every English word from Japanese 人力車
Today it means
noun Synonym of rickshaw.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 人力車 / jinriksha