Keemun tea - Kimoncha

Japanese: 祁門茶 - きもんちゃ
Keemun tea - Kimoncha

…Today, the word tea in English usually means black tea. The words that mean “tea” around the world today can be roughly divided into two groups according to their etymology, based on the Cantonese word ch'a in China and the Hokkien word tay (te). Words that belong to the cha family include Japanese and Portuguese cha, Hindi cāy, Persian chay, Arabic shāy, Russian chai, and Turkish çay, while those that belong to the te family include Dutch thee, German Tee, English tea, and French thé. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Keemun Tea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…今日,英語でティーteaといえばふつう紅茶をさす。現在〈茶〉を意味する世界各国の言葉は,語源的には中国の広東語のチャch’aと福建語のテーtay(te)の2系譜に従って大きく二つのグループに分けることができる。チャの系譜に属するものに,日本語,ポルトガル語のcha,ヒンディー語cāy,ペルシア語chāy,アラビア語shāy,ロシア語のchai,トルコ語のçayなどがあり,一方テーの系譜に属するものとしては,オランダ語のthee,ドイツ語のTee,英語のtea,フランス語théなどがある。…

※「祁門茶」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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