rickshaw

See also: 'rickshaw

English

A rickshaw in Kyoto.

Alternative forms

• ricksha, rikisha, rikshaw, 'rickshaw, riksha, ricsha

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Chinese 人 (nyin)

Middle Chinese 力 (lik)

Middle Chinese 人力

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos

Proto-Tocharian *kuk(ä)lebor.?

Middle Chinese 車

Japanese 人力車clip.

Japanese 力車bor.

English rickshaw

Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) +‎ 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 / 人力车 (rénlìchē)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkʃɔː

Noun

rickshaw (plural rickshaws)

1. A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

Derived terms

• auto rickshaw
• autorickshaw
• cycle rickshaw
• electric rickshaw
• e-rickshaw
• quickshaw
• rickshawlike
• rickshawman
• rickshaw noodles
• trishaw

Related terms

• jinriksha

Descendants

• → Italian: risciò
• → German: Rikscha (or directly from Japanese)

Translations

two-wheeled carriage

• Arabic: رِيكْشَا f (rīkšā)
• Armenian: ռիկշա (hy) (ṙikša)
• Assamese: ৰিক্সা (riksa)
• Azerbaijani: rikşa
• Belarusian: ры́кша m (rýkša)
• Bengali: রিকশা (bn) (rikśa), রিক্সা (rikśa)
• Bulgarian: ри́кша (ríkša)
• Burmese: လန်ချား (my) (lanhkya:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人力車 / 人力车 (jan⁴ lik⁶ ce¹), 車仔 / 车仔 (ce¹ zai²), 黃包車 / 黄包车 (wong⁴ baau¹ ce¹), 東洋車 / 东洋车 (dung¹ joeng⁴ ce¹)

  Hakka: 人力車 / 人力车 (ngìn-li̍t-chhâ)

  Hokkien: 人車 / 人车 (lâng-chhia), 牽車 / 牵车 (zh-min-nan) (khan-chhia), 手車 / 手车 (chhiú-chhia), 人力車 / 人力车 (jîn-le̍k-chhia)

  Mandarin: 人力車 / 人力车 (zh) (rénlìchē), 黃包車 / 黄包车 (zh) (huángbāochē), 東洋車 / 东洋车 (zh) (dōngyángchē), 洋車 / 洋车 (zh) (yángchē)

• Czech: rikša (cs) f
• Danish: rickshaw c
• Dutch: riksja (nl) m
• Dzongkha: རིག་ཤཱ (rig shā)
• Esperanto: rikiŝo
• Finnish: riksa (fi), rikša (fi)
• French: pousse-pousse (fr) m, rickshaw (fr) m
• Georgian: რიქშა (ka) (rikša)
• German: Rikscha (de) f
• Greek: δίτροχη χειράμαξα f (dítrochi cheirámaxa)
• Hebrew: רִיקְשָׁה (he) f (ríksha)
• Hindi: रिक्शा f (rikśā), रिक्षा (hi) f (rikṣā)
• Hungarian: riksa (hu)
• Indonesian: angkong (id), langcia (id), langca (id), becak (id)
• Italian: risciò (it) m, rickshaw (it) m, jinrikisha f
• Japanese: 人力車 (ja) (じんりきしゃ, jinrikisha), 人力 (ja) (じんりき, jinriki), 力車 (ja) (りきしゃ, rikisha)
• Kazakh: рикша (rikşa)
• Khmer: រថអូស (rŭət ʼouh), ឆែកែវ (km) (chae kaew) (from Vietnamese "xe kéo")
• Korean: 인력거(人力車) (ko) (illyeokgeo)
• Lao: ຣົຖລາກ (rot lāk)
• Macedonian: ри́кша f (ríkša)
• Malay: beca, lanca, lancia
• Malayalam: റിക്ഷ (ṟikṣa)
• Marathi: रिक्शा f (rikśā)
• Nepali: रिक्शा f (rikśā)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ریکْشا (rikšâ)

• Polish: riksza (pl) f, ryksza (pl) f
• Portuguese: jinriquixá m, riquixá (pt) m, charrete (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਰਿਕਸ਼ਾ m (rikśā)

• Romanian: ricșă (ro) f
• Russian: ри́кша (ru) f (ríkša)
• Sinhalese: රික්ෂෝව (rikṣōwa)
• Slovak: rikša f
• Spanish: rickshaw (es) m
• Swedish: riksha (sv) c, rickshaw (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠞꠤꠡ꠆ꠇꠣ (riśka)
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: รถลาก (th) (rót-lâak), สามล้อ (th) (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ)
• Turkish: çekçek (tr)
• Ukrainian: ри́кша m (rýkša)
• Urdu: رِکْشَہ f (rikśa)
• Uzbek: riksha (uz)
• Vietnamese: xe kéo (vi), xe tay (vi)
• Volapük: rikjod
• Zhuang: cibau, bauci
• Zulu: ilisho class 5/6

See also

• pedicab
• tuk-tuk

Verb

rickshaw (third-person singular simple present rickshaws, present participle rickshawing, simple past and past participle rickshawed)

1. To move someone by means of a rickshaw.

Anagrams

• Harwicks

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriɡʃau/ [ˈriɣ̞.ʃau̯]
• Rhymes: -iɡʃau
• Syllabification: rick‧shaw

Noun

rickshaw m (plural rickshaws)

1. rickshaw