나환자

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 나(癩) (na, leprosy) + 환자(患者) (hwanja, patient).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nahwanja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nahwanja
McCune–Reischauer?nahwanja
Yale Romanization?nāhwan.ca

Noun

나환자 (nahwanja) (hanja 癩患者)

  1. (medicine) a leper (someone suffering from leprosy)
    Synonym: 문둥이 (mundung'i)
    나환자 식민지nahwanja singminjia leper colony