열사

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeolsa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeolsa
McCune–Reischauer?yŏlsa
Yale Romanization?yel.sa

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 烈士.

Noun
South Korean
Standard Language		 열사(烈士) (yeolsa)
North Korean
Standard Language		 렬사(烈士) (ryeolsa)

열사 • (yeolsa) (hanja 烈士)

  1. martyr

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 熱 (“heat”) + 死 (“death”).

Noun

열사 • (yeolsa) (hanja 熱死)

  1. heat death
    Synonym: 열죽음 (yeoljugeum)
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