Korean edit

Etymology edit

야릇 (yareut, root not used in isolation) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yareuthada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yaleushada
McCune–Reischauer?yarŭthada
Yale Romanization?yalushata

Adjective edit

야릇하다 (yareuthada) (infinitive 야릇해 or 야릇하여, sequential 야릇하니)

  1. to be queer, to be weird, to be strange
  2. (colloquial) to be titillating; to be risqué (not as strong as 야하다 (yahada))
    야릇한 사진yareuthan sajinrisqué photo

Conjugation edit