⟨iro2ha⟩: */irəjpa/ →/iropa/ →/irofa/ →/iroha/
FromOld Japanese.
Compound ofいろ(iro,“kinship, same family”) +は(ha,cognate with母(haha,“mother”)).[1][2]
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 伊呂波 以呂波 色葉 彩羽 |
From apangrammatic poem written in the mid-Heian period. The earliest textual reference is from 1079 CE.[1][2]
| For pronunciation and definitions ofいろは – see the following entry. | ||
| ||
| (This term,いろは(iroha), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read asいろは, seeCategory:Japanese kanji read as いろは. |
