아만

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Korean

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)ma̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • 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

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아만 (aman) (hanja 我慢)

  1. (Buddhism) egotistic arrogance