떨잠

Korean

Etymology

From 떨— (tteol-, “to quiver”) + 잠 (簪, jam, “hairpin”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͈ɘ(ː)ʎd͡ʑa̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [떨(ː)잠]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tteoljam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tteoljam
McCune–Reischauer?	ttŏljam
Yale Romanization?	ttēlcam

Noun

떨잠 • (tteoljam)

1. a kind of ornamental hairpin

References

• Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 450.