아만

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 我慢, partial calque of Sanskrit आत्ममान (ātmamāna), from आत्मन् (ātman, “self”) and मान (māna, “arrogance”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)ma̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [아(ː)만]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?aman
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aman
McCune–Reischauer?aman
Yale Romanization?āman

Noun

아만 • (aman) (hanja 我慢)

  1. (Buddhism) egotistic arrogance
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