노인학

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 老人學, from 老人 (“old person”) + 學 (“-logy”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈno̞(ː)inɦa̠k̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [노(ː)인학]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?noinhak
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?noinhag
    McCune–Reischauer?noinhak
    Yale Romanization?nōin.hak

    Noun

    노인학 • (noinhak) (hanja 老人學)

    1. gerontology
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