개밥바라기는 무슨 뜻일까요?

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'개밥바라기'는 무슨 뜻일까요?
혹시 개밥그릇이라는 의미라고 생각하셨나요? 
아주 틀린 말은 아닙니다. '바라기'는 사발로 만든 밥그릇을 칭하는 말이었으니까요.
개밥바라기는 '금성'이라는 뜻입니다.

새벽의 별이라는 뜻을 가진 '샛별'도 금성을 부를 때 쓰는 말입니다.

새벽에 동쪽에서 뜨는 금성을 샛별이라고 했고,

저녁에 서쪽에서 뜨는 금성을 개밥바라기라고 했답니다.

개가 저녁밥을 바랄 때쯤에 나타나는 별이라고 해서 개밥바라기라고 했다는군요.

금성은 지구에서 관측할 수 있는 천체 중 세 번째로 밝은 별입니다. 
첫 번째는 태양이고 두 번째는 달, 그 뒤를 잇는 것이 금성인데요. 
지구에서 저물녘에 보는 개밥바라기는 처연할 정도로 아름답죠.
그러나 사실 개밥바라기는 엄청난 고온과 고압으로 

사람이 발을 디딜 수도 없는 극한의 환경을 가진 행성입니다. 

이처럼 별과 관련된 순우리말이 생각보다 많다는 것 알고 계셨나요? 

미리내의 ‘미리’는 용을 부를 때 사용하던 고어 ‘미르’에서 변한 말입니다. 

여기에 내(川)는 강을 의미하니까, 미리내는 용의 강이라는 뜻이 있습니다. 

미리내는 불규칙한 모양을 가진 항성들 수백, 수억 개의 별이 한곳에 모여 있었기에, 

지구에서 볼 때 거대한 강처럼 보입니다. 

이 모양새가 하늘로 승천하는 용의 무리처럼 보였던 모양입니다. 

지구에서 사람이 눈으로 볼 수 있는 가장 큰 강은 무엇일까요?
그것은 하늘에 있는 미리내입니다.

별똥별은 무슨 뜻일까요?
유성(流星)을 순우리말로 '별똥별'이라고 합니다. 

유성은 우주 공간의 먼짓덩어리가 지구의 대기권 안으로 들어오면서 

공기와 마찰해 빛을 내는 것을 말합니다.

혜성이라고 부르는 꼬리별, 살별과는 다른 것이지요.

'별똥돌'은 유성과 관련이 있습니다.

앞서 유성을 '별똥별'이라고 했는데요,

'별똥돌'은 '별똥별에서 생긴 똥'이라는 뜻입니다.

바로 '운석'(隕石)을 가리키는 순우리말이죠.

싸라기별은 어떤 별을 말하는 걸까요?
'싸라기'는 쌀의 부스러기를 의미합니다. 

'부스러기'라고 하면 보통 조그맣고 하찮은 것을 떠올리게 됩니다. 

그러니까 싸라기별은 부스러기 별이라는 의미입니다. 

그러나 '부스러기별'이라고 했다고 해서 하찮은 별이라는 의미만을 가지고 있었을까요?
'금싸라기'라는 말을 들어보셨을 겁니다. 

귀중한 물건을 '금싸라기'라고 불렀듯이 싸라기별에는 귀하다는 의미가 내포되어 있습니다.

 '싸라기별'을 줄여서 '싸락별'이라고 부르기도 했습니다. 

"하늘에 무수한 싸라기별을 봐. 비록 조그맣지만 전부 귀한 싸락별이야."

 

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What does "개밥바라기" mean?
Did you think it means "개밥그릇(dog food bowl)"?
That's not entirely wrong. "바라기" once refered to  rice bowl.
"개밥바라기" means Venus.

"샛별", which means the star of dawn, is also used to call Venus.

When Venus rises in the east at dawn,

it is called "샛별" and when it rises in the west at night, it is called "개밥바라기".

It is said to be a star that appears when a dog wants dinner, so it was called "개밥바라기".

Venus is the third brightest star that can be observed on Earth.
The first is the sun, the second is the moon, and the next is Venus.
"개밥바라기" you see in the dark from the earth is devastatingly beautiful.
But in fact, "개밥바라기" is a planet with extreme conditions

where people can't even step on it due to its enormous high temperature and pressure.

Did you know that there are more pure Korean words related to stars than you think?

미리내's "미리" is a word that has changed from the old word "미르" used to call dragons. Here,

"내" means a river, so "미리내" means "a dragon river".

Because there were hundreds of millions of stars in one place that were irregularly shaped,

it looked like a huge river from Earth.

Maybe it looked like a group of dragons ascending into the sky.

What is the largest river that a person can see on Earth?
It is "미리내" in the sky.

What does "별똥별" mean?
"유성(meteor)" is called "별똥별" in pure Korean. 유성 refers to a mass of dust in outer space entering the Earth's atmosphere and rubbing against the air to emit light. It's different from 혜성(comet), which is called "꼬리별", "살별".

"별똥돌" are related to meteors.

Earlier, I said 유성 was called "별똥별".

"별똥돌" means "Dung from a shooting star." It's pure Korean for 운석(meteorite).

What kind of star is "싸라기별"?
'싸라기' means the crumbs of rice. When you say "crumbs"

you usually think of something small and insignificant.

So this means that it's a crumb star.

But does the word "crush star" only mean a trivial star?
You've probably heard of the word "금싸라기".

Just as precious objects were called "금싸라기,"

"싸라기별" also implies a meaning of being precious.

"싸라기별" can be  shortened to "싸락별". 

"See countless 싸락별 in the sky. Even though they are small, they are all precious stars."