야차

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 夜叉

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?yacha
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?yacha
    McCune–Reischauer?yach'a
    Yale Romanization?ya.cha

    Noun

    야차 • (yacha) (hanja 夜叉)

    1. (Buddhism) yaksha; or, the indigenous Korean dokkaebi
      Synonym: 도깨비 (dokkaebi)