The animal; commonly written in katakana.
I rode a camel in the desert.
camel hair cloth; camel cloth
Refers to the fabric made from camel hair, often used in coats.
This coat is made of camel hair cloth.
camel color; light yellowish brown
A light yellowish-brown color, like that of a camel's hair. Often used in the compound ラクダ色.
See also: らくだ色 (らくだいろ)
She was wearing a camel-colored sweater.
charcoal burned in an earthen kiln
inocelliid snakefly
dromedary; Arabian camel
Bactrian camel
dromedary; Arabian camel; one-humped camel
Bactrian camel; two-humped camel
The katakana spelling is the most common written form for all senses.
Kanji form is rare and mainly encountered in literary or historical contexts.
Hiragana spelling is also used, though less common than katakana.
The word is a loanword, likely from Portuguese 'camelo' or Dutch 'kameel', adapted into Japanese as ラクダ. The kanji 駱駝 are ateji (phonetic equivalents) borrowed from Chinese.