가을

Korean

Alternative forms

• (Gangwon, Chungcheong, Pyeongan) 갉 (gak)
• (Hamgyeong) 가슬 (gaseul)
• (Gyeongsang, Jeolla) 가실 (gasil)
• (Gangwon) 가슭 (gaseuk)
• (Jeju) ᄀᆞ실 (goasil), ᄀᆞ울 (goaul)

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月つき印しるし釋しゃく譜ふ / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᅀᆞᆯ (Yale: kozol)., connective form ᄀᆞᅀᆞᆶ (kozolh).

Nominalized form of ᄀᆞᆺ다 (Yale: kosta, “to cut; to sever”) (not directly attested in Middle Korean but preserved in Jeju) with the Old Korean verbal nominalizer 乙おつ *-r, whose Middle Korean reflex is ㅀ -lh. The etymological meaning of 가을 is thus "severing" or "cutting", presumably referring to the autumn harvest.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [가을]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ga'eul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ga'eul
McCune–Reischauer?	kaŭl
Yale Romanization?	kaul

Noun

가을 • (ga'eul)

1. autumn; fall

See also

• 추 (秋あき, chu) (used in compounds)

Seasons in Korean · 사철 (四よん철, sacheol), 사계 (四季しき, sagye, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
봄 (bom, “spring”)	여름 (yeoreum, “summer”)	가을 (ga'eul, “fall; autumn”)	겨울 (gyeoul, “winter”)