발단

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 發端.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠ɭt͈a̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [발딴]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baldan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	baldan
McCune–Reischauer?	paltan
Yale Romanization?	palqtan

Noun

발단 • (baldan) (hanja 發端)

1. beginning; origin

   사건의 발단 ― sageon-ui baldan ― the origin of the incident

Derived terms

• 발단하다 (發端—, baldanhada)
• 발단되다 (發端—, baldandoeda)