설농탕

Korean

Etymology

From 설 (雪, seol, “snow”) + 농 (濃, nong, “thick, strong, concentrated”) + 탕 (湯, tang, “soup”); from the soup's whitish, cloudy appearance and concentrated flavor. A corruption of the original name, 선농탕 (先農湯, seonnongtang, “soup of the venerated farmer”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹ɭɭo̞ŋtʰa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [설롱탕]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seollongtang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seolnongtang
McCune–Reischauer?sŏllongt'ang
Yale Romanization?selnongthang

Noun

설농탕 • (seollongtang) (hanja 雪濃湯)

  1. Archaic spelling of 설렁탕 (seolleongtang).

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-19), “雪濃湯”, in 표준국어대사전‎
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