나라

Jeju

Etymology

FromOld KoreanQuốc ác(*NALak).Cognate withKorean나라(nara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[na̠ɾa̠]

Noun

나라(nara)

1. country,nation,kingdom

Korean

Etymology 1

In thehangulscript, first attested in theYongbi eocheon'ga(Long phi ngự thiên ca / 용비어천가), 1447, asMiddle Korean나랗〮(Yale:nàláh), fromOld KoreanQuốc ác(*NALak).Compare Yukjin dialect나랑(narang),which preserves the velar nature of the coda consonant.

Beyond Koreanic, the word is usually connected toProto-Tungusic*nā(“land”),and henceManchuᠨᠠ(na,“land”)andNanaiна(na,“land”),with*lak~*lahbeing a suffix.Alsocf.-tahin Middle Koreanᄯᅡᇂ(stah,“ground, land”)> Korean땅(ttang,“ibid.”)and-lkin Middle Koreanᄒᆞᆰ(holk,“earth, soil”)> Korean흙(heuk,“ibid.”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[na̠ɾa̠]

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• Phonetic hangul:[나라]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nara
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nala
McCune–Reischauer?	nara
Yale Romanization?	nala

• SouthGyeongsang(Busan)pitch accent:나라의 /나라에 /나라까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

나라•(nara)

1. country,nation

   Synonym:국가( quốc gia )(gukga)

   러시아는세계에서제일큰나라다.

   Reosia-neun segye-eseo jeil keunnara-da.

   Russia is the largestcountryin the world.

2. government

   이건나라가준돈이야.

   Igeonnara-ga jun don-iya.

   This is money that thegovernmentgave me.

Derived terms

• 꿈나라(kkumnara)
• 나라님(naranim)
• 나라말(naramal)
• 나랏돈(naratdon)
• 달나라(dallara)
• 별나라(byeollara)
• 섬나라(seomnara)
• 우리나라(urinara)
• 하늘나라(haneullara)

See also

• Quốc(guk),thehanjafor "country"

Suffix

—나라•(-nara)

1. (history)Chinesedynasty

   건륭제는청나라의황제였다.

   Geollyungje-neun Cheong-nara-ui hwangje-yeotda.

   Qianlong emperor was an emperor of the Qingdynasty.

Usage notes

• Used only for historical Chinese polities with single-syllable names. Thus송( Tống )나라(Song-nara,“Song dynasty”)but simply북송( Bắc Tống )(Buksong,“Northern Song”).*북송나라(*Buksong-nara)is ungrammatical.

Etymology 2

FromJapaneseNại lương(Nara).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[na̠ɾa̠]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• Phonetic hangul:[나라]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Nara
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Nala
McCune–Reischauer?	Nara
Yale Romanization?	nala

Proper noun

나라•(Nara)

1. Nara(a city inJapan)

Middle Korean

Noun

나라〮(nàlá)

1. Isolated form spelling of나랗〮(nàláh,“country”)