어원

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 語 (“language, words”) + 源/原 (“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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