거란

Korean

Etymology

First attested as Middle Korean 그란 (kulan), 거란 (kelan). A pre-Sino-Korean loan from Middle Chinese 契丹 (khj+t tan), with typical Middle Korean lenition of intervocalic /t/ to /ɾ/.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Georan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Geolan
McCune–Reischauer?Kŏran
Yale Romanization?kelan

Proper noun

거란 • (Georan) (hanja 契丹)

  1. Khitan (people)

Derived terms

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