mirin

Borrowed from Japanese 味醂 (mirin).

mirin (usually uncountable, plural mirins)

1. A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than sake.

mirin

1. third-person plural present subjunctive form of mirar
2. third-person plural imperative form of mirar

From Japanese 味醂 (みりん, mirin), from 味 (み, mi, “flavour (UK); flavor (US)”) + 醂 (りん, rin, “remove astringency; bleach in water”).

• IPA^(key): /mi.rin/
• Hyphenation: mi‧rin

mirin (plural mirin-mirin, first-person possessive mirinku, second-person possessive mirinmu, third-person possessive mirinnya)

1. (cooking) mirin, a type of Japanese sake used for cooking

• “mirin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Cognate with Central Kurdish مردن‎ (mirdin).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɯɾɯn/

mirin f

1. death (cessation of life)