inkstone

English

Etymology

ink +‎ stone

Noun

inkstone (plural inkstones)

A stone mortar used for the grinding and containment of ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition.

Translations

stone mortar

Arabic: حَجَر حَبْر‎ m (ḥajar ḥabr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 硯 (zh), 砚 (zh) (yàn), 硯臺 (zh), 砚台 (zh) (yàntái)
Finnish: mustekivi
Japanese: 硯 (ja) (すずり, suzuri)

Korean: 벼루 (ko) (byeoru)
Portuguese: pedra de tinta f
Thai: จานฝนหมึก (jaan-fǒn-mʉ̀k)
Yonaguni: 硯 (ちでぃり, chidiri)

Anagrams

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