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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 밭 (Yale: pàth).
Probably cognate to Old Japanese 畑 (patake, “dry field”). Most analyses posit an early Korean borrowing into Japanese.
Pronunciation
Romanizations |
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Revised Romanization? | bat |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bat |
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McCune–Reischauer? | pat |
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Yale Romanization? | path |
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Noun
밭 • (bat)
- dry field, dry land for crops
- Coordinate terms: 논 (non, “paddy, watered field for rice”), 답(畓) (dap, “paddy, watered field for rice”)
- 옥수수 밭에 크롭 써클이 만들어졌다. ― Oksusu bate keurop sseokeuri mandeureojeotda. ― A crop circle was made in a corn field.
- (especially Yukjin) any land (both cultivated and wild) with many plants: fields, paddies, forests, meadows, etc.
1925, Kim Dong-hwan, 김동환(金東煥), 國境의 밤 (Gukgyeong-ui bam) [Night at the Border]:山밧에서 멀구광주리 이고 단니는- sanbaseseo meolgugwangjuri igo dannineun
- who goes by in the mountain woods, carrying a basket of wild grapes on the head
- (by extension) an area in which seaweed is cultivated
Usage notes
In Yukjin, the specific "dry field" definition that is the primary sense in the other Korean dialects is absent, and the term refers to any place with many plants or other natural entities.[1]
Derived terms
See also
- 田 (jeon), the hanja for "dry field"
References
- ^ 곽충구 [gwakchunggu] (2007) “동북방언의 어휘 [dongbukbang'eonui eohwi]”, in Gugeo gungmunhak, volume 165, pages 119—150
Middle Korean
Pronunciation
Noun
밭 (pàth) (isolated 받 (pàt), locative 바ᄐᆡ〮 (pàth-óy))
- dry field (for crops)
Descendants