Tanka

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.

   “Like haiku, tanka is a short, classical verse form that has attracted considerable attention in this century.”

2. isim Alternative form of thangka (“Tibetan religious artwork”).

   “In the practice of yoga certain functions which were previously subconscious become open to consciousness; this opening of the subconscious is well pictured in certain Tibetan tankas, or in Western art, in the Temptation of St. Anthony paintings by Bosch and Grünewald.”

3. isim Alternative form of Tanka (“ethnic group of boat people living in China”).

   “And when foreigners go and come from Whampoa to Canton, tanka-boats and boats with families must not be employed.”

4. isim A kind of boat used in Guangdong, about 25 feet long and often rowed by Tanka women; junk.

   “Immediately on our nearing the harbour, a race took place among the amphibious damsels that inhabit the numerous sampans, tanka or egg-boats, which always lie within a short distance of the shore.”

5. isim A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia.

   “In Uzbek Turan Shah Rukh's tanka remained the standard silver coin and weighed an average of slightly more than 5 g throughout the sixteenth century.”

6. isim A member of a group of people in southern China who traditionally live on junks.