대령
Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɾjʌ̹ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)령/데(ː)령]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | daeryeong |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | daelyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer? | taeryŏng |
| Yale Romanization? | tāylyeng |
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 待令 (“to wait for the order”).
Noun
대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 待令)
- waiting for an order; waiting for the command to fall
Derived terms
- 대령(待令)시키다 (daeryeongsikida, “to make someone wait for the order”)
- 대령(待令)하다 (daeryeonghada, “to wait for the order”)
- 대령상궁(待令尙宮) (daeryeongsanggung, “lady attending on the king”)
- 대령숙수(待令熟手) (daeryeongsuksu, “court cook”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 大 (“great”) + 領 (“colonel, officer”).
Noun
대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 大領)
- (military) colonel; (in the navy) captain
See also
- 연대(聯隊) (yeondae, “army regiment”)
- 중령(中領) (jungnyeong, “lieutenant-colonel”)
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 大 (“great”) + 靈 (“soul, spirit”).
Noun
대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 大靈)
- (religion) oversoul; fundamental spirit of the cosmos
- (honorific, shamanism) deity, divinity
Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 對靈.
Noun
대령 • (daeryeong) (hanja 對靈)
- [~의식(儀式)] (Buddhism) Buddhist funerary ritual, dispatching the deceased soul to the afterlife
Etymology 5
Sino-Korean word from 大嶺, from 大 (“great”) + 嶺 (“pass”).
Proper noun
대령 • (Daeryeong) (hanja 大嶺)
- Synonym of 대관령(大關嶺) (daegwallyeong, “Daegwallyeong pass”)