아래아

Korean

Etymology

From 아래 (arae, “below, under”) +‎ 아 (a), referring to its position at the very bottom of syllable charts, which were ordered 가갸거겨 […] 기ᄀᆞ.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠ɾɛa̠] ~ [a̠ɾe̞a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [아래아/아레아]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?araea
Revised Romanization (translit.)?alaea
McCune–Reischauer?araea
Yale Romanization?alay.a

Noun

아래아 • (araea)

  1. (phonology) the Korean vowel ㆍ, found in modern Jeju but otherwise obsolete

References
  1. https://www.hangeul.go.kr/traceHangeul/traceHangeul306View.do?uniKey=2
  2. https://sldict.korean.go.kr/front/museum/museumView.do?origin_no=24189
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