점잖다

Korean

Etymology

Contracted from Early Modern Korean 졈디 아니ᄒᆞ다 (cyem-ti ani-hota), which was equivalent to the modern construction 아니하다 (jeom-ji ani-hada, literally not to be young).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)md͡ʑa̠ntʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeomjanta
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeomjanhda
McCune–Reischauer?chŏmjant'a
Yale Romanization?cēmcanhta

Adjective

점잖다 • (jeomjanta) (infinitive 점잖아, sequential 점잖으니)

  1. (to be) well behaved, dignified, respectable, gentle
    점잖으신 신사 이시다.Geu-neun kkwae jeomjaneusin sinsa bun-isida.He is quite a respectable gentleman.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 점잔 (jeomjan) (noun, used in some idioms)

References

  1. 홍윤표(洪允杓) [hong'yunpyo] (2003 August) “The etymology of 점잖다”, in 새국어소식
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