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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 世尊.
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 |
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| Revised Romanization? | Sejon |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | Sejon |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | Sejon |
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| Yale Romanization? | sēycon |
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Proper noun
세존 • (Sejon) (hanja 世尊)
- (Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha
- (shamanism) an indigenous agricultural deity often associated with the Buddha