꽃
Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곶 (Yale: kwoc). The change to a tense consonant initial occurred as this word ("flower") was frequently used as the second part of a compound noun denoting a specific flower (e.g. 연꽃 (yeonkkot)), in which the connecting genitive -ㅅ- (-s-) formed a "-sk-" medial cluster with koc, which developed into "-kk-" in Modern Korean. This development in compound nouns was generalised to koc as well.[1]
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [k͈o̞t̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [꼳]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | kkot |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | kkoch |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kkot |
| Yale Romanization? | kkoch |
Noun
꽃 • (kkot)
- (botany) flower; flowering plant
- 꽃-이 핀다.
- kkoch-i pinda.
- Flowers bloom.
- 꽃 한 송이
- kkot han song'i
- a flower / one flower
- 꽃 한 다발
- kkot han dabal
- a bunch of flowers
- (figuratively) prime; central part; essence