단골
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Of native Korean origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ta̠nɡo̞ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [단골]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | dan'gol |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | dangol |
| McCune–Reischauer? | tan'gol |
| Yale Romanization? | tankol |
Noun edit
단골 • (dan'gol)
- (shamanism, Seoul, uncommon) the clientele of a shaman, who regularly consult the shaman for ritual purposes
- Synonym: 제가집 (jegajip)
- (shamanism) a hereditary village priest from southern Korea who officiates rituals at a fixed shrine
- Synonym: (academic) 세습무(世襲巫) (seseummu)
- Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); see also Thesaurus:무속인
- (transferred sense) A regular, either a regular customer from a business's perspective or a regularly visited business from a customer's perspective
Usage notes edit
The word is nowadays rarely used in its shamanic meaning because hereditary village priests have mostly been replaced by trance-possession shamans, while Seoul practitioners prefer 제가집 (jegajip). Most Koreans will know the word by the meaning of "regular".