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형님

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Korean

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Etymology

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In the hangul script, first attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 형님 (Yale: hyeng-nim). The word itself is first attested in the mixed script form as 兄님〯 (Yale: HYENG-nǐm) in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447.

From 형(兄) (hyeong, older brother of a male) +‎ (-nim, honorific suffix).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hyeongnim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hyeongnim
McCune–Reischauer?hyŏngnim
Yale Romanization?hyengnim

Noun

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형님 (hyeongnim) (hanja 兄님)

  1. honorific of 형(兄) (hyeong, older brother of a male)
    Coordinate term: 누님 (nunim)
  2. (of a male) wife's older brother (a type of brother-in-law)
  3. (of a male) wife's older sister's husband (a type of co-brother-in-law)
  4. (of a female) husband’s older sister (a type of sister-in-law)
  5. (of a female) husband’s older brother’s wife (a type of co-sister-in-law)

See also

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