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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 사돈, of unclear origin. The hanja spelling first appears in the 19th century and may be eumyeokja (음역자). Possibly related to Manchu ᠰᠠᡩᡠᠨ (sadun).[1]
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | sadon |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sadon |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sadon |
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| Yale Romanization? | saton |
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Noun
사돈 • (sadon) (hanja 査頓)
- co-parent-in-law, parents of one's child-in-law.
사돈의 팔촌- sadon-ui palchon
- furthest relative possible
- (literally, “child's spouse's parent's third cousin”)
- in-law, a relative formed through marriage
References
- ^ 사돈, Urimalsaem (우리말샘), National Institute of the Korean Language