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オランダゼリ (オランダぜり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

オランダゼリ

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Meanings

1

parsley

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the herb parsley (Petroselinum crispum). The name literally means 'Dutch parsley'.

See also: パセリ

オランダゼリを刻きざんでスープに入いれた

。

I chopped parsley and put it in the soup.

Kanji

芹parsley
和harmony, Japanese style, peace
蘭orchid, Holland

Related words

パセリ
パセリ is the more common loanword for parsley in modern Japanese. オランダゼリ is a less common native term.

Written forms

オランダゼリ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
オランダ芹ぜり
Kanji spelling using 芹 for parsley; rarely used in practice.
和蘭芹おらんだぜり
Ateji kanji spelling; historical and very rare.

Etymology

A compound of オランダ “Dutch, Western” and セリ “Japanese parsley,” with sequential voicing to ゼリ; the name treats parsley as a foreign relative of セリ.