거룩

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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Korean 거륵 (keluk). Originally glossed as a reading of the hanja , so the original meaning could have been wider, spreading to "great", "magnificent".

Further etymology is obscure. Possibly related to an element found in a Balhae royal title (perhaps representing the Goguryeo language of the Balhae elite), recorded in first-millennium Chinese sources as 可毒 (MC khaX dowk) as part of the royal title 可毒夫, glossed as 聖王 “holy king”.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?georuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geolug
McCune–Reischauer?kŏruk
Yale Romanization?kelwuk

Noun

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거룩 (georuk)

  1. holiness, sacrality, sacredness

Derived terms

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