아가

Korean

Etymology 1

아기 (agi, “baby”) +‎ -아 (-a, “hey”, vocative particle). The final /i/ in 아기 (agi) is dropped regularly; see Usage Notes in 이#noun suffix.

Korean colloquial family terms commonly stem from a fused vocative. See Category:Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?aga
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aga
McCune–Reischauer?aga
Yale Romanization?aka

Noun

아가 • (aga)

  1. Vocative of 아기 (agi, “baby”); hey, baby

Noun

아가 • (aga)

  1. (childish) baby
    Synonym: 아기 (agi)
    엄마, 아가가 어디 갔지?
    eomma, agaga eodi gatji?
    Mom, where did the baby go?

Etymology 2

From English agar.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?aga
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aga
McCune–Reischauer?aga
Yale Romanization?aka

Noun

아가 • (aga)

  1. agar

Etymology 3

    Sino-Korean word from 雅歌.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)ɡa̠]
    • Phonetic hangul: [아(ː)가]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?aga
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?aga
    McCune–Reischauer?aga
    Yale Romanization?āka

    Noun

    아가 • (aga) (hanja 雅歌)

    1. (rare, formal) elegant song
      Synonym: 속가(俗歌)

    Proper noun

    아가 • (Aga) (hanja 雅歌)

    1. Song of Songs
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