짠맛

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 짠 (jjan, “salt”) +‎ 맛 (mat, “taste”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ͈a̠nma̠t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [짠맏]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jjanmat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jjanmas
McCune–Reischauer?	tchanmat
Yale Romanization?	ccanmas

Noun

짠맛 • (jjanmat)

1. a taste that is salty, briny

   Synonym: 함미 (hammi)

Related terms

• 단맛 (danmat)
• 신맛 (sinmat)
• 쓴맛 (sseunmat)
• 매운맛 (mae'unmat)
• 감칠맛 (gamchilmat)