대령

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɾjʌ̹ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)령/데(ː)령]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daeryeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daelyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	taeryŏng
Yale Romanization?	tāylyeng

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 待令 (“to wait for the order”).

Noun

대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 待令)

1. waiting for an order; waiting for the command to fall

Derived terms

• 대령(待令)시키다 (daeryeongsikida, “to make someone wait for the order”)
• 대령(待令)하다 (daeryeonghada, “to wait for the order”)
• 대령상궁(待令尙宮) (daeryeongsanggung, “lady attending on the king”)
• 대령숙수(待令熟手) (daeryeongsuksu, “court cook”)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 大 (“great”) + 領 (“colonel, officer”).

Noun

대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 大領)

1. (military) colonel; (in the navy) captain

See also

• 연대(聯隊) (yeondae, “army regiment”)
• 중령(中領) (jungnyeong, “lieutenant-colonel”)

 

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 大 (“great”) + 靈 (“soul, spirit”).

Noun

대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 大靈)

1. (religion) oversoul; fundamental spirit of the cosmos
2. (honorific, shamanism) deity, divinity

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 對靈.

Noun

대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 對靈)

1. [~의식(儀式)] (Buddhism) Buddhist funerary ritual, dispatching the deceased soul to the afterlife

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 大嶺, from 大 (“great”) + 嶺 (“pass”).

Proper noun

대령 • (Daeryeong) (hanja 大嶺)

1. Synonym of 대관령(大關嶺) (daegwallyeong, “Daegwallyeong pass”)