아낙

Korean

Etymology

From Proto-Koreanic *anok (“inside”), cognate to Middle Korean 않〮 (ánh, “inside”), modern 안 (an, “inside”). Korean traditionally makes a strong association between women and the inside quarters: see also 계집 (gyejip, “woman”), 집사람 (jipsaram, “wife”), 안사람 (ansaram, “wife”).

Probably a borrowing by Standard Korean from a dialectal form that lacked lenition of final */-k/; cf. Gyeongsang dialect 뜨락 (tteurak) for 뜰 (tteul), Middle Korean ᄠᅳᆶ (Yale: ptùlh).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠na̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [아낙]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	anak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	anag
McCune–Reischauer?	anak
Yale Romanization?	anak

Noun

아낙 • (anak)

1. Synonym of 아낙네 (anangne, “woman”)
2. the ladies' quarters; boudoir