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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 졎〮 (Yale: cyéc).
Perhaps from Goguryeo 濟次/齊次 (*cec).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | jeot |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeoj |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chŏt |
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| Yale Romanization? | cec |
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Noun
젖 • (jeot)
- (anatomy) breast
- milk (of mammals)
- milk (of plants), latex
Derived terms
- 젖가루 (jeotgaru)
- 젖가슴 (jeotgaseum)
- 젖꼭지 (jeotkkokji)
- 젖꼴만들기 (jeotkkolmandeulgi)
- 젖내 (jeonnae)
- 젖니 (jeonni)
- 젖동생 (jeotdongsaeng)
- 젖떨어지다 (jeottteoreojida)
- 젖떼기 (jeotttegi)
- 젖떼다 (jeottteda)
- 젖먹이 (jeonmeogi)
- 젖멍울 (jeonmeong'ul)
- 젖몸살 (jeonmomsal)
- 젖병 (jeotbyeong)
- 젖빛 (jeotbit)
- 젖산 (jeotsan)
- 젖샘 (jeotsaem)
- 젖소 (jeotso)
- 젖퉁 (jeot'tung)
- 젖퉁이 (jeot'tung'i)
- 졸인젖 (jorinjeot)
See also
- 젖다 (jeotda)
- 좆 (jot)
- 乳 (yu, the hanja for "breast" and "milk")
References
- ^ 『三国史記』 ｢地理志｣ の高句麗地名漢字：おもに日本語との比較による考証, 2016, page 23
