나라

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447 as Middle Korean 나라 (nara) (connective form: 나랗 (narah)), from Old Korean *narak according to Beckwith 2007[1] (compare Hambuk dialect 나랑 (narang)).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key)[na̠ɾa̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[나라]
Revised Romanization? nara
Revised Romanization (translit.)? nala
McCune–Reischauer? nara
Yale Romanization? nala

Noun

나라 • (nara)

  1. country, nation, kingdom

See also

References
  1. Beckwith, Christopher I. (May 2007) Koguryo, the Language of Japan's Continental Relatives‎, 2nd edition, Brill, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, pages 176
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