A Study on the Textile Terminologies of the Chosun Period

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This study is concerned with the textile related terminologies of the Chosun period. The purpose of this study was to trace and to examine some textile related terms such as goro, mooruwi, modan, shiok, jal, gaam, and chien. These words were examined and analyzed in terms of the origins, meanings, and neighbouring languages. The results of this research can be summarized as follows: The results of this study revealed that the word goro of the Chosun period was derived from the Chinese ku lo 羅 or (Equations. See Full-text). Korean goro or goroi is a transliteration of the Chinese moolo 霧羅. The word modan 帽緞 was a kind of rich silk fabric. Manchurian kamku 帽緞 was derived from Arabic word kamkha. The word shiok, shiok, shiuk, shiurk, or shiu 시으 means felt in Korean. Similar words to Korean shiok was found in Afro-Asiatic family such as Egyptian, Hebrew, and Assyrians. Egyptian shiu means a seep or a goat. The word jal meaning black sable was found was originated in the Chinese tzuerl 子兒皮, black sable. The word Korean gaam 가암, 가음, was similar to Mongorian k∂m meaning a material. Also Iraq-Arabian xaam meaning raw, unworked, unprocessed, had the same meaning as the Korean gaam. Xaam and gaam have almost the same phonetical sounds. The Korean gaam was derived from the xaam of Iraq-Arabian. Korean chien meaning cloth was derived from the Chinese chyan or chien (Equations. See Full-text).