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Korean
Etymology
Modern Korean reading of Hanja 麻立干. Beyond Middle Korean, attested in the Taiping Yulan (太平御覽 / 태평어람) from 977 to 983, as 樓寒.
Might be cognate with Middle Korean 마리〮 (màlí, “head”) + Middle Korean 간(干) (kan, “chief”), compare Korean 거서간(居西干) (geoseogan).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | maripgan |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | malibgan |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | maripkan |
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| Yale Romanization? | malipkan |
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Noun
마립간 • (maripgan) (hanja 麻立干)
- (historical) a royal title of the ancient kings of Silla, used as the kings' chief title from the fourth or fifth to the sixth centuries and attested in various spellings into the tenth century
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