이탄

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 니탄 (泥炭, nitan) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 泥炭, from 泥 (“mud”) + 炭 (“charcoal”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈi(ː)tʰa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)탄]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?itan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?itan
McCune–Reischauer?it'an
Yale Romanization?ī.than

Noun

이탄 • (itan) (hanja 泥炭)

  1. (South Korea) peat
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