망나니

Korean

Etymology

Possibly a univerbation of 막 (mak, “rough, wild, carelessly”) +‎ 난 (nan, realis adnominal of 나다 (nada, “to be born”)) +‎ 이 (i, “person”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ma̠ŋna̠ni]
• Phonetic hangul: [망나니]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mangnani
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mangnani
McCune–Reischauer?	mangnani
Yale Romanization?	mangnani

Noun

망나니 • (mangnani)

1. (derogatory) yahoo, thug, ruffian
2. (historical) headsman, executioner

Derived terms

• 개망나니 (gaemangnani)
• 망나니짓 (mangnanijit)
• 술망나니 (sulmangnani)
• 지각망나니 (jigangmangnani)