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Korean
Etymology
Of native Korean origin.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | dan'gol |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | dangol |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tan'gol |
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| Yale Romanization? | tankol |
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Noun
단골 • (dan'gol)
- (shamanism, Seoul, uncommon) the clientele of a shaman, who regularly consult the shaman for ritual purposes
- Synonym: 제가집 (jegajip)
- (shamanism) a hereditary village priest from southern Korea who officiates rituals at a fixed shrine
- Synonym: (academic) 세습무(世襲巫) (seseummu)
- Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); see also Thesaurus:무속인
- (transferred sense) A regular, either a regular customer from a business's perspective or a regularly visited business from a customer's perspective
- 단골손님 ― dan'golsonnim ― regular clientele
- 단골집 ― dan'goljip ― regularly visited shop
Usage notes
The word is nowadays rarely used in its shamanic meaning because hereditary village priests have mostly been replaced by trance-possession shamans, while Seoul practitioners prefer 제가집 (jegajip). Most Koreans will know the word by the meaning of "regular".