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Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄌᆡ (Yale: coy).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | jae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chae |
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| Yale Romanization? | cay |
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Noun
재 • (jae)
- ash
Etymology 2
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 재 (Yale: cay). Considered to be from the same root with 잣 (jat, “castle, fortresss”), because both of them use the same hanja 城 for the hun readings in the pre-modern times.
Noun
재 • (jae)
- mountain pass. compare 고개.
Etymology 3
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Prefix
재— • (jae-) (hanja 再)
- again
Syllable
재 (jae)
- 再
- 咦
- 夈
- 才
- 齜
- 災
- 載
References
- ^ MIZUNO, Shumpei (2013 february) “外邦図（朝鮮·略図）地名における古代朝鮮語語彙 : 「忽（kol）」「己（ki）」「잣（cas）」について”, in 北海商科大学論集（ISSN 2186-330X）第2巻 第1号 (PDF)