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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | yeongnak |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yeonglag |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yŏngnak |
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| Yale Romanization? | yenglak |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 零落 (“wither; fall”).
Noun
영락 • (yeongnak) (hanja 零落)
- (literary, of leaves) withering and falling
- 영락의 계절 ― yeongnagui gyejeol ― the season of withering and falling leaves
- (somewhat literary) declining, waning
- Synonyms: 쇠락(衰落) (soerak), 쇠퇴(衰退) (soetoe)
Usage notes
In contemporary non-literary Korean, this term is primarily encountered in the adjective 영락(零落)없다 (yeongnageopda, literally “to be without decline”) and adverb 영락(零落)없이 (yeongnageopsi, literally “without decline”), which however have only the idiomatic senses of "to be unmistakable; to be for sure" and "unmistakably; for sure" respectively.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 榮落, from 榮 (“flourish”) + 落 (“fall”).
Noun
영락 • (yeongnak) (hanja 榮落)
- (literary, now rather uncommon) rise and fall
- Synonyms: 흥망(興亡) (heungmang), 성쇠(盛衰) (seongsoe)
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 瓔珞 (“jade or pearl necklace”).
Noun
영락 • (yeongnak) (hanja 瓔珞)
- (Buddhism) jade or pearl necklace, used to decorate statues and shrines