연옥

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 煉獄, from 煉 (“to refine”) + 獄 (“prison”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)no̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)녹]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeonok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeon'og
McCune–Reischauer?yŏnok
Yale Romanization?yēn.ok

Noun

연옥 • (yeonok) (hanja 煉獄)

  1. (theology) purgatory
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