촛불

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 춋〮블〮 (Yale: chyós.púl).

Equivalent to 초 (cho) +‎ -ㅅ- (-s-) +‎ 불 (bul).

From 촉(燭) (chok, “candle”) +‎ 불 (bul, “fire”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞t̚p͈uɭ] ~ [t͡ɕʰo̞p͈uɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [촏뿔/초뿔]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chotbul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chosbul
McCune–Reischauer?ch'otpul
Yale Romanization?chospul
South Korean
Standard Language 		촛불 (chotbul)
North Korean
Standard Language 		초불 (chobul)

Noun

촛불 • (chotbul)

  1. (South Korea) candlelight
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.