Korean

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Etymology

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(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

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

Pronoun

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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...