떨잠

Korean

Etymology

From 떨— (tteol-, “to quiver”) + 잠 (簪, jam, “hairpin”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͈ɘ(ː)ʎd͡ʑa̠m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [떨(ː)잠]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tteoljam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tteoljam
McCune–Reischauer?ttŏljam
Yale Romanization?ttēlcam

Noun

떨잠 • (tteoljam)

  1. a kind of ornamental hairpin

References

  • Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 450.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.