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Etymology
Cognate with Korean 아래 (arae).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | al |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | al |
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| Yale Romanization? | al |
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Noun
알 (al)
- below, bottom
Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 앓 (Yale: alh).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | al |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | al |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | al |
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| Yale Romanization? | al |
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Noun
알 • (al)
- egg, roe (of fish)
- grain (of cereals)
- (chiefly as a suffix) ball (small round object)
Usage notes
- 알 (al) means "an egg of some animal that lays eggs", e.g., 새알 (saeal, “a bird's egg”), 메추리알 (mechurial, “a quail egg”), 개구리의 알 (gaeguriui al, “a frog's egg”).
- To mean a hen's egg (as in "boiled eggs"), 달걀 (dalgyal), or equivalently, 계란 (gyeran) is used.
- To mean an egg cell or ovum, 난자 (nanja) is used.
Derived terms
(egg):
- 달걀 (dalgyal, “hen's egg”)
- 물고기알 (mulgogial, “roe”) (North Korea)
- 새알 (saeal, “bird's egg”)
- 알까기 (alkkagi, “hatching, incubation”)
- 알껍질 (alkkeopjil, “eggshell”)
- 오리알 (orial, “duck's egg”)
(grain):
- 밀알 (miral, “grain of wheat”)
- 쌀알 (ssaral, “grain of rice”)
- 씨알 (ssial, “seed”)
- 알갱이 (algaeng'i, “grain”)
- 콩알 (kong'al, “bean”)
(ball):
- 눈알 (nunal, “eyeball”)
- 밤알 (bamal, “chestnut”)
- 불알 (bural, “testicle, testis”)
- 알맹이 (almaeng'i, “core, essence”)
- 알몸 (almom, “naked body”)
- 총알 (chong'al, “bullet”)
- 딸 (ttal, “daughter”)
- 씨앗 (ssiat, “seed, grain”)
- 아들 (adeul, “son”)
- 얼 (eol, “soul, spirit”)
- 얼굴 (eolgul, “face”)
See also
- 계란(鷄卵) (gyeran, “hen's egg”)
- 곤이(鯤鮞) (goni, “hard roe”)
- 까다 (kkada, “to hatch eggs”)
- 낳다 (nata, “to lay eggs”)
- 노른자위 (noreunjawi, “yolk”)
- 배다 (baeda, “to bear eggs”)
- 병아리 (byeong'ari, “chick, chicken”)
- 부화(孵化) (buhwa, “incubation, hatching”)
- 캐비아 (kaebia, “caviar”)
- 캐비어 (kaebieo, “caviar”)
- 품다 (pumda, “incubate”)
- 흰자위 (huinjawi, “albumen, egg white”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English ar.
Noun
알 • (al)
- The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.
Coordinate terms
Etymology 3
Verb
알 • (al)
- future determiner of 알다 (alda, “to know”)