비단

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 비〯단〮 (pǐtán), from Early Mandarin 匹緞 / 匹缎 (“bolt of satin”). Displaced indigenous term 깁〯 (Yale: kǐp).

Modern Korean dictionaries give the hanja 緋緞 for this term, but this is an ateji spelling.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpi(ː)da̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [비(ː)단]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bidan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bidan
McCune–Reischauer?pidan
Yale Romanization?pītan
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 비단의 / 비단에 / 비단까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, and also heightens the subsequent suffixed syllable.

Noun

비단 • (bidan) (hanja 緋緞)

  1. silk (fiber)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Sino-Korean word from 非但, from 非 (“not be”) + 但 (“only”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?bidan
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?bidan
    McCune–Reischauer?pidan
    Yale Romanization?pitan

    Adverb

    비단 • (bidan) (hanja 非但)

    1. (formal) not only

    References

    • Lee, Ki-Moon; Ramsey, S. Robert (2011), A History of the Korean Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 285
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.