고장

Jeju

Etymology

From Proto-Koreanic *kwoco, cognate to Korean 꽃 (kkot, “flower”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ko̞d͡ʑa̠ŋ/

Noun

고장 (gojang)

(botany) flower; flowering plant

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 故障, from 故 (故, “reason”) + 障 (障, “obstruction”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [고(ː)장]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gojang
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gojang
McCune–Reischauer^?	kojang
Yale Romanization^?	kōcang

Noun

고장 • (gojang) (hanja 故障)

breakdown (mechanical)
우리는 길가 쪽에 고장난 차가 있는 것을 목격하였다.
Uri-neun gilga jjog-e gojangnan cha-ga inneun geos-eul mokgyeokhayeotda.
We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

Derived terms

고장이 나다 (gojang'i nada, “to break down”)

Etymology 2

This term is not attested in pre-twentieth century documents.

The Pyongan dialect form 고당 (godang) implies original *고댱, given the regular eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sound shift of /tj/ > /t/ in Pyongan and /tj/ > /t͡ɕ/ elsewhere. Hence perhaps a nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 고장 (古場, gojang, “old place; hometown”), whose original Sino-Korean reading was indeed 고댱.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [고장]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gojang
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gojang
McCune–Reischauer^?	kojang
Yale Romanization^?	kocang

Noun

고장 • (gojang)

a populated district; a town
a center of production for a particular commodity

References

Seo Jeong-beom (서정범) (2000), “고장”, in 國(국)語(어)語(어)源(원)辭(사)典(전), Seoul: Bogosa Books, pages 63-64