어원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 語源, from 語 (“language, words”) + 源 (“spring, source, head”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)wʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)원]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eowon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eowon
McCune–Reischauer?ŏwŏn
Yale Romanization?ēwen

Noun

어원 • (eowon) (hanja 語源/語原)

  1. (linguistics) etymology
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