겨레

Korean

Alternative forms

• 결에 (gyeore), 결레 (gyeolle), 결게 (gyeolge) (early modern)

Etymology

First attested in the Samgang haengsildo (三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도), 1481, as Middle Korean 결에 (Yale: kyelGey), equivalent to 겯— (gyeot-, “to plait”) + —에 (-e).

The sense of "nation-state" was a late nineteenth-century innovation inspired by the nationalistic desire of the Western term "nation".

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ɾe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [겨레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeore
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeole
McCune–Reischauer?	kyŏre
Yale Romanization?	kyeley

Noun

겨레 • (gyeore)

1. (archaic) kinsmen; relatives
2. (literary) race; nation; people (generally referring to Koreans) [from 20th c.]

   Synonym: 민족(民族) (minjok, “nation”)

   겨레 사랑 ― gyeore sarang ― fraternity among compatriots

   말은 겨레의 얼이다.

   Mar-eun gyeore-ui eor-ida.

   Language is the soul of a nation.

   우리 겨레의 역사

   uri gyeore-ui yeoksa

   history of our nation

   남북통일은 온 겨레의 염원이다.

   Nambuktong'ir-eun on gyeore-ui yeomwon-ida.

   Unification of the North and South is the wish of the whole Korean race.

Derived terms

• 겨레말 (gyeoremal)
• 겨레붙이 (gyeorebuchi)
• 한겨레 (han'gyeore)