저울

Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 雌孛 (Yale: *ceWul). Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 저울〮 (Yale: cèwúl).

Possibly derived from *저ᄫᅳᆯ다 (*ceWulta, “to hold”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹uɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [저울]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeoul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeoul
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏul
Yale Romanization^?	cewul

Noun edit

저울 • (jeoul)

balance, scale, weighing instrument

Derived terms edit

저울질 (jeouljil, “weighing, scaling”)

References edit

^ 전한솔 [jeonhansol] (2023) “조선관역어의 ‘噴 [靑]’과 ‘則卜論 [寅]’에 대하여 [joseon'gwanyeogeoui ‘噴 [靑]’gwa ‘則卜論 [寅]’e daehayeo]”, in 구결연구, volume 51, 구결학회 [gugyeolhakhoe], pages 283-309

[1] 전한솔 [jeonhansol] (2023) “조선관역어의 ‘噴 [靑]’과 ‘則卜論 [寅]’에 대하여 [joseon'gwanyeogeoui ‘噴 [靑]’gwa ‘則卜論 [寅]’e daehayeo]”, in 구결연구, volume 51, 구결학회 [gugyeolhakhoe], pages 283-309

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