trumpet

Japanese: らっぱ

The name of a metal wind instrument used in ancient China for military signals. It can also be written as 喇叭, 喇吧, 喇, or 囉叭. The Chinese characters 喇 and 叭 are believed to mean "quick-talking" and "叭," respectively, meaning "wide-opening," but there are other examples of the instrument being written with various other characters. The name is said to come from Sanskrit, but there is no definite proof. There are two types of bronze instruments: the small bronze horn, which has an opening at the end of the instrument shaped like a morning glory flower, and the large bronze horn, which has a tulip-shaped opening. When the word 喇叭 is used in the narrow sense, it refers to the former.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古代の中国で，軍事の信号などに用いられた金属製管楽器の名。喇叭，喇吧，喇，囉叭などの字も当てられる。漢字の〈喇〉は早口（はやくち），〈叭〉は大口をあける意味だとされているが，ほかにもさまざまな字を当てた例がある。その名はサンスクリットからきた語だともいわれるが，確証はない。管末の開口部の広がりが，アサガオの花のような形をしている小銅角と，チューリップ形をした大銅角という両タイプがあり，喇叭という語を狭義に使った場合は前者のほうを指した。

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