노견

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nogyeon
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Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 老犬, from 老 (“old”) + 犬 (“dog”).

Noun

노견 • (nogyeon)

  1. old dog
    Coordinate term: 노묘 (nomyo, “old cat”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 路肩 via orthographic borrowing from Japanese 路肩 (rokata, “shoulder (road)”).

Noun

노견 • (nogyeon)

  1. (dated) shoulder (road)
    Synonyms: 갓길 (gatgil), 길어깨 (gireokkae)
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