어원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 語 (“language, words”) + 源/原 (“spring, source, head”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eowon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eowon
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏwŏn
Yale Romanization?	ēwen

Noun

어원 • (eowon) (hanja 語源/語原)

1. (linguistics) etymology