수라

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Cheonui sogam (闡義昭鑑 / 천의소감), 1756, as Early Modern Korean 슈라 (Yale: sywula). Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠱᠥᠯᠥᠨ (šölön, “soup”), whence also Mongolian шөл (šöl). The hanja are ateji.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰuɾa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [수라]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sura
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sula
McCune–Reischauer?	sura
Yale Romanization?	swula

Noun

수라 • (sura) (hanja 水剌)

1. (speech of the royal court) a meal served to the royal family