약대

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ja̠k̚t͈ɛ] ~ [ja̠k̚t͈e̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [약때/약떼]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yakdae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yagdae
McCune–Reischauer?yaktae
Yale Romanization?yaktay

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 藥 (“medicine”) + 大 (“short for 大學 (“university”)”).

Noun

약대 • (yakdae) (hanja 藥大)

  1. college of pharmacy; school of pharmacy
    Synonym: 약학대학(藥學大學) (yakhakdaehak)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 약〯대〮 (Yale: yǎktáy).

Seemingly related to Middle Chinese 駱駝 (MC lak da, “camel”), but the exact derivation is unclear. The final vowel might incorporate the animal suffix -이. Nowadays largely displaced by orthodox Sino-Korean 낙타(駱駝) (nakta).

Noun

약대 • (yakdae)

  1. (archaic) camel
    Synonym: 낙타(駱駝) (nakta)
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