도둑

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Korean

Etymology

Often considered a nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 도적 (盜賊, dojeok, “thief, robber”), attested widely in Middle Korean as 도ᄌᆞᆨ (Yale: twòcòk), but this would entail the highly irregular shift /t͡s/ > /t/ in all varieties of Korean. Some kind of Sinitic source seems evident, however.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?doduk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dodug
McCune–Reischauer?toduk
Yale Romanization?totwuk
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 도둑의 / 도둑에 / 도둑까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

도둑 • (doduk)

  1. thief
    도둑을 잡다 ― dodugeul japda ― to catch a thief
  2. (metonymically) robbery, thievery
    도둑을 저지른 사람 ― dodugeul jeojireun saram ― person who has committed a thievery

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