잣

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잣 U+C7A3, 잣
HANGUL SYLLABLE JAS
Composition:ㅈ + ㅏ + ㅅ
← 잢
 		Hangul Syllables 잤 →
자작잒잓잔잕잖
잗잘잙잚잛잜잝
잞잟잠잡잢잣잤
장잦잧잨잩잪잫
이 ←→ 재

Jeju

Etymology

From Middle Korean 잣〮 (Yale: cás).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jas
Yale Romanization?cas

Noun

잣 (jat)

  1. long stone wall

Derived terms

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 잣〯 (cǎs), from Old Korean 栢史 (*CAsi).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 잣〯 (Yale: cǎs).

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?jat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jas
McCune–Reischauer?chat
Yale Romanization?cās

Noun

잣 • (jat)

  1. pine nut
    Synonyms: 송자(松子) (songja), 백자(柏子) (baekja)
  2. Short for 잣나무 (jannamu, “Korean pine tree”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jas
McCune–Reischauer?chat
Yale Romanization?cas

Noun

잣 • (jat)

  1. Euphemistic form of 좆 (jot, “cock, dick”).

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

From Old Korean 城叱 (*CAs). Likely related to Baekje サシ (*casi, “fortress”).

Compare Old Japanese さし (sasi), a loanword for Korean toponyms recorded in the Nihon Shoki, 720. Possibly cognate, via Japanese, with Ainu チャシ (casi, “fence; enclosure; castle; fortress”).

Pronunciation

Noun

잣〮 (cás) (locative 자〮새〮 (cás-áy), alternative locative 자새〮 (càs-áy))

  1. walled city, town, or fortress
    • 1400s [1390s], “신도가/新都歌 [Sindo-ga]”, in 악장가사/樂章歌詞 [Akjang Gasa]:
      잣 다온뎌 當(다ᇰ)今(금)景(ᄭᅧᇰ) 잣 다온뎌
      cas tawontye TANG.KUM-s-KYENG cas tawontye
      What a splendid city this scene today is! What a splendid city!
Derived terms

밧잣 (pascas)

Descendants
  • Jeju: 잣 (jat)
  • Korean: 재 (jae)

Etymology 2

From Old Korean 栢史 (*CAsi).

Pronunciation

Noun

잣〯 (cǎs)

  1. pine nut
Descendants
  • Korean: 잣 (jat)

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎, volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240
  2. ^ Mary Neighbour Parent (2001) “Chashi”, in Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
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