Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 語源, from (language, words) + (spring, source, head)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)wʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • 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 edit

어원 (eowon) (hanja 語源/語原)

  1. (linguistics) etymology