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千夜
ちよせんや
1. [n] [arch]
▶ many nights
▶ a thousand nights



History:
3. A 2021-04-28 05:37:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'll just add せんや and close it off.
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>せんや</reb>
2. A* 2021-04-26 12:36:36  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/千夜一夜物語
https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/千夜
  Comments:
ちよ is archaic, but 千夜 can still be read せんや, as in 千夜一夜物語 (Arabian Nights). I don't think 千夜 is used in modern Japanese outside of titles and names so I'm not sure how we want to handle this.
1. A* 2021-04-25 21:10:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Koj, Daijr/s
  Comments:
Reading seems wrong. All the examples are ancient.
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>せんや</reb>
+<reb>ちよ</reb>
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
@@ -12,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>a thousand nights</gloss>

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