점잖다

Korean

Etymology

Contracted from Early Modern Korean 졈디 아니ᄒᆞ다 (cyem-ti ani-hota), which was equivalent to the modern construction 아니하다 (jeom-ji ani-hada, literally not to be young).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)md͡ʑa̠ntʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeomjanta
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeomjanhda
McCune–Reischauer?chŏmjant'a
Yale Romanization?cēmcanhta

Adjective

점잖다 (jeomjanta) (infinitive 점잖아, sequential 점잖으니)

  1. (to be) well behaved, dignified, respectable, gentle
    점잖으신 신사 이시다.Geu-neun kkwae jeomjaneusin sinsa bun-isida.He is quite a respectable gentleman.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 점잔 (jeomjan) (noun, used in some idioms)

References

  1. 홍윤표(洪允杓) (August 2003), “The etymology of 점잖다”, in 새국어소식
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