mangal
マンガル
解説 Definition
マングローブを指す別称。或いは特定の地名や固有名詞である可能性がある。熱帯・亜熱帯地域に生育する植物。
A mangal is a mangrove forest or plant community growing in tropical or subtropical intertidal coastal areas. Such ecosystems provide important wildlife habitat, protect shorelines, and are especially sensitive to environmental change.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
生態学の mangal は mangrove forest、つまり熱帯・亜熱帯海岸のマングローブ群落を指す。mangal forest、mangal ecosystem、protect mangal areas の連語で、生物多様性を支える沿岸林を思い浮かべる。中東などの「携帯炭火コンロ」を表す同綴りの mangal は別語義なので区別する。
For the ecological sense, connect mangal directly with mangrove: a mangal is the whole coastal mangrove community, not merely one tree. Picture tangled roots in tropical tidal water sheltering fish, birds, and other species. Useful combinations are mangal forest, mangal ecosystem, and mangal area, all of which occur in conservation writing. Keep this sense separate from another word spelled mangal, used in Turkish and neighboring culinary contexts for a portable charcoal brazier or the barbecue prepared on it. The examples here clearly select the ecological meaning.
例文
Mangal forests provide important habitats for various species.
マンガル林は様々な種にとって重要な生息地を提供している。
The mangal ecosystem is particularly vulnerable to climate change.
マンガル生態系は気候変動の影響を特に受けやすい。
Protecting mangal areas is essential for biodiversity conservation.
マンガル地域を保護することは生物多様性保全に不可欠である。
mangal の類義語・関連語
mangal の語源・成り立ち Etymology
マンガル（Mangal）はアラビア語 منقل（manqal＝運ぶもの）に由来し、トルコ語経由で広まった炭火焼き用の携帯コンロを指す。語根 n-q-l は「移動させる」の意。関連語：naqil（運搬）。持ち運べる火鉢という原義が、中東・中央アジアの焼肉文化の象徴となった。
In ecological English, mangal denotes a mangrove forest or community and is associated with Portuguese mangal, a collective term related to mangue, “mangrove.” A separate homonym occurs in Turkish and several neighboring languages for a portable charcoal brazier. That culinary word is traced through Arabic manqal, literally an object that is moved or carried, from a root concerning transfer or movement. The two senses have different histories, so the brazier etymology should not be applied to the coastal-forest meaning used here.
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