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U+B2ED, 닭
HANGUL SYLLABLE DALG
Composition: + +

[U+B2EC]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B2EE]




니 ←→ 대

Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean .

In the hangul script, first attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᆰ (Yale: tòlk). possibly related to Mongolian тахиа (taxia) , Khitan 𘰺𘯛𘯺 (*t qo a) and Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dalg
McCune–Reischauer?tak
Yale Romanization?talk
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 에 / 닭

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

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(dak) (counter 마리)

  1. chicken
  2. specifically the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus, sometimes Gallus gallus domesticus.

Derived terms

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See also

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