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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 雌孛 (Yale: *ceWul). Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 저울〮 (Yale: cèwúl).
Possibly derived from *저ᄫᅳᆯ다 (*ceWulta, “to hold”).[1]
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | jeoul |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeoul |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chŏul |
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| Yale Romanization? | cewul |
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Noun
저울 • (jeoul)
- balance, scale, weighing instrument
Derived terms
- 저울질 (jeouljil, “weighing, scaling”)
References
- ^ 전한솔 [jeonhansol] (2023) “조선관역어의 ‘噴 ’과 ‘則卜論 ’에 대하여”, in 구결연구, volume 51, 구결학회 [gugyeolhakhoe], pages 283-309