Korean

edit

Etymology

edit

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

edit
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dan'gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dangol
McCune–Reischauer?tan'gol
Yale Romanization?tankol

Noun

edit

단골 (dan'gol)

  1. (shamanism, Seoul, uncommon) the clientele of a shaman, who regularly consult the shaman for ritual purposes
    Synonym: 제가집 (jegajip)
  2. (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
  3. (transferred sense) A regular, either a regular customer from a business's perspective or a regularly visited business from a customer's perspective
    단골손님dan'golsonnimregular clientele
    단골dan'goljipregularly visited shop

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The word is nowadays rarely used in its shamanic meaning because hereditary village priests have mostly been replaced by trance-possession shamans, while Seoul practitioners prefer 제가집 (jegajip).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".