이탄

Korean

Alternative forms

• 니탄 (泥炭, nitan) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 泥炭, from 泥 (“mud”) + 炭 (“charcoal”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈi(ː)tʰa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)탄]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	itan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	itan
McCune–Reischauer?	it'an
Yale Romanization?	ī.than

Noun

이탄 • (itan) (hanja 泥炭)

1. (South Korea) peat