English
raden
Raden comes from Japanese 螺鈿 ‘mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer’.
- Japanesemodern螺鈿‘mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer’
- Englishtodayraden
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern螺鈿‘mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer’
- Englishtodayraden
Every English word from Japanese 螺鈿
Today it means
noun The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 螺鈿 / raden