전

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Contents 1 Korean 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.2 Prefix 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 4 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Etymology 5 1.5.1 Prefix 1.6 Etymology 6 1.6.1 Abbreviation 1.7 Etymology 7 1.7.1 Verb form

[edit] Korean

[edit] Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 前 (“in front, forward, preceding”)

[edit] Noun

전 (jeon, hanja 前)

1. front
2. (time) before
   • 집에 가기 전에

     jibe gagi jeone

     before going home

   • 두시 15 분 전에

     dusi 15 bun jeone

     at a quarter to two (literally, "at 15 minutes before two o'clock")

[edit] Prefix

전 (jeon, hanja 前)

1. ex-; previous
   • 전 대통령

     jeon daetongryeong

     ex-president

[edit] Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 錢 (“money, currency, coins”)

[edit] Noun

전 (jeon, hanja 錢)

1. a jun, a coin worth 1/100th of a won

[edit] Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 典 (“law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture”)

[edit] Noun

전 (jeon, hanja 典)

1. celebration; ceremony

[edit] Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 田 (“field, arable land, cultivated”)

[edit] Noun

전 (jeon, hanja 田)

1. a cultivated patch of land

[edit] Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 全 (“maintain, keep whole or intact; all, everything”)

[edit] Prefix

전 (jeon, hanja 全)

1. whole, entire
   • 전국

     jeonguk

     the whole country

[edit] Etymology 6

Abbreviation of 저 (jeo, “I”) + topic marker 는 (neun)

[edit] Abbreviation

전 (jeon)

1. I (as the topic of the sentence); as for me

[edit] Etymology 7

From 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”);

[edit] Verb form

전 (jeon)

1. Past determiner of 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”); salted