시금치

Korean edit

시금치 (sigeumchi, “spinach”).

Etymology edit

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 시근〮ᄎᆡ〯 (Yale: sìkúnchǒy). Borrowed from Chinese 赤根菜 (chìgēncài, literally “red-rooted vegetable”), probably (given other Chinese borrowings directly into Middle Korean) specifically from Early Mandarin 赤根菜 (EM *tʂʰiᴿkəntsʰajᴰ).

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰiɡɯmt͡ɕʰi]
Phonetic hangul: [시금치]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	sigeumchi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	sigeumchi
McCune–Reischauer^?	sigŭmch'i
Yale Romanization^?	sikumchi

Noun edit

시금치 • (sigeumchi)

spinach

Derived terms edit

시금치나물 (sigeumchinamul, “dressed spinach salad”)