낫

낫 U+B0AB, 낫 HANGUL SYLLABLE NAS Composition: ㄴ + ㅏ + ㅅ ← 낪 [U+B0AA] Hangul Syllables 났 → [U+B0AC]

나낙낚낛난낝낞 낟날낡낢낣낤낥 낦낧남납낪낫났 낭낮낯낰낱낲낳
끼 ←	→ 내

Jeju

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na̠t̚/

Noun

낫 (nat)

1. daytime; noon

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 낟〮 (Yale: nát). Possibly related to 날 (nal, “blade, edge”).

Possibly cognate with Japanese 鉈 (nata, “hatchet”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [낟]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nas
McCune–Reischauer?	nat
Yale Romanization?	nas

Noun

낫 • (nat)

1. sickle, scythe

Derived terms

• 낫질 (natjil): dealing with a sickle

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Middle Korean

Noun

낫〮 (nás)

1. Isolated form spelling of 낮〮 (nác, “daytime”)