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꽃

꽃

Korean

Noun

꽃 • ‎(kkot)

  1. (botany) flower; flowering plant
    꽃이 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
  2. (figuratively) prime; central part; essence

Synonyms

  • 화 (花, hwa, “flower”) (used only in compounds)

References

  1. ↑ Ki-mun Yi, Ki-Moon Lee, S. Robert Ramsey. A History of the Korean Language. Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 9781139494489.

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as 곶 (Yale: koc). 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

  • IPA(key): /k͈o̞t̚/
  • Phonetic hangeul: 꼳
Romanizations
Revised transcription kkot
Revised transliteration kkoch
McCune–Reischauer kkot
Yale kkoch

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