Korean edit

Etymology edit

(jeo, “over there”) + (jjak, “(dialectal), side”). Compare 이짝 (ijjak, this side, here), 그짝 (geujjak, there), which are often also used by dialect speakers that use this form.

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeojjak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeo'jjag
McCune–Reischauer?chŏtchak
Yale Romanization?ce.ccak

Pronoun edit

저짝 (jeojjak)

  1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Yukjin) Dialectal form of 저쪽 (jeojjok, over there)
    • 2011 January 28, 강진구 [gangjin'gu], “강감찬장군의 출생 [ganggamchanjanggunui chulsaeng]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경기도 이천시 부발면 [gyeonggido icheonsi bubalmyeon]:
      건너 저짝 아무 아무 까지 가야는디...
      Na-neun gang geonneo jeojjag-e amu amu di-kkaji-reul gayadoe-neundi...
      I was crossing the river and had to go anywhere over there...