영락

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ŋna̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [영낙]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeongnak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeonglag
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏngnak
Yale Romanization?	yenglak

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 零落 (“wither; fall”).

Noun

South Korean Standard Language	영락(零落) (yeongnak)
North Korean Standard Language	령락(零落) (ryeongnak)

영락 • (yeongnak) (hanja 零落)

1. (literary, of leaves) withering and falling

   영락의 계절 ― yeongnagui gyejeol ― the season of withering and falling leaves

2. (somewhat literary) declining, waning

   Synonyms: 쇠락(衰落) (soerak), 쇠퇴(衰退) (soetoe)

Usage notes

In contemporary non-literary Korean, this term is primarily encountered in the adjective 영락(零落)없다 (yeongnageopda, literally “to be without decline”) and adverb 영락(零落)없이 (yeongnageopsi, literally “without decline”), which however have only the idiomatic senses of "to be unmistakable; to be for sure" and "unmistakably; for sure" respectively.

Derived terms

• 영락(零落)되다 (yeongnakdoeda)
• 영락(零落)없다 (yeongnageopda)
• 영락(零落)없이 (yeongnageopsi)
• 영락(零落)하다 (yeongnakhada)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 榮落, from 榮 (“flourish”) + 落 (“fall”).

Noun

영락 • (yeongnak) (hanja 榮落)

1. (literary, now rather uncommon) rise and fall

   Synonyms: 흥망(興亡) (heungmang), 성쇠(盛衰) (seongsoe)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 瓔珞 (“jade or pearl necklace”).

Noun

영락 • (yeongnak) (hanja 瓔珞)

1. (Buddhism) jade or pearl necklace, used to decorate statues and shrines