삼신

Korean

Etymology

삼 (sam, “placenta”) +‎ 신(神) (sin, “deity”). Later given the unetymological hanja form 三神 (三神, literally “triple deity”), despite the fact that it is usually only one deity who is worshipped.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠mɕʰin]
Phonetic hangul: [삼신]

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

Noun

삼신 • (samsin) (hanja 三神)

(shamanism) [~할머니] the usually female deity of childbirth, often depicted as a crone