노견

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [no̞ɡjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [노견]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nogyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nogyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	nogyŏn
Yale Romanization?	nokyen

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 老犬, from 老 (“old”) + 犬 (“dog”).

Noun

노견 • (nogyeon)

1. old dog

   Coordinate term: 노묘 (nomyo, “old cat”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 路肩 via orthographic borrowing from Japanese 路肩 (rokata, “shoulder (road)”).

Noun

노견 • (nogyeon)

1. (dated) shoulder (road)

   Synonyms: 갓길 (gatgil), 길어깨 (gireokkae)