오른

Korean

Etymology 1

Native Korean word, possibly related to 옳다 (olta, “to be correct or proper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: oɾɯn
• Phonetic hangul:

Romanization

Revised	oreun
McCune–Reischauer	orŭn	Yale	olun

Determiner

오른 (oreun)

1. right, right-hand

Synonyms

• 바른 (bareun) right, right-hand

Antonyms

• 왼 (oen) (no predication) left, left-hand
  • 외다 (oeda) To be wrongly oriented; (obsolete) false, wrong

Derived terms

• 오른손 (-son) right hand
• 오른팔 (-par, -pal) right arm
• 오른발 (-bar, -bal) right foot
• 오른쪽 (-jjog, jjok) right-hand side

Related terms

• 동 (東, dong) orient, east
• 오르다 (oreuda) To rise
• 옳다 (olhda) To be right, correct, true

See also

• 바르다 (bareuda) To be straight, upright, right, correct, true
• 올바르다 (ol-bareuda) To be straight, upright, all right

Etymology 2

Native Korean word from the verb 오르다 (oreuda, “to rise”)

Determiner

오른 (oreun) (determinative form of 오르다)

1. having arisen, having gone up