얼

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얼 U+C5BC, 얼
HANGUL SYLLABLE EOL
Composition:ㅇ + ㅓ + ㄹ
← 얻
 		Hangul Syllables 얽 →
어억얶얷언얹얺
얻얼얽얾얿엀엁
엂엃엄업없엇었
엉엊엋엌엍엎엏
얘 ←→ 에
See also: 얼-

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hyang'yak gugeupbang (鄕藥救急方 / 향약구급방), 1250, as Late Old Korean 与老 (Yale: *yelwo).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 열 (Yale: yel).

Originally meant "gallbladder", not anything spiritual.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eol
McCune–Reischauer?ŏl
Yale Romanization?ēl

Noun

얼 • (eol)

  1. soul, spirit
    말은 겨레의 얼이다. ― Mar-eun gyeore-ui eor-ida. ― Language is the soul of a nation.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eol
McCune–Reischauer?ŏl
Yale Romanization?el

Noun

얼 • (eol) (dated)

  1. scratch, graze, scrape, abrasion
    얼이 가다 ― eor-i gada ― to get scratched
  2. Abbreviation of 언걸 (eon'geol, “undeserved affliction”).
  3. disaster, trouble, misfortune
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