염라

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 閻羅.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Yeomna
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Yeomla
McCune–Reischauer?Yŏmna
Yale Romanization?yemla

Proper noun

염라 (Yeomna) (hanja 閻羅)

  1. (Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Korean mythology) Yama (god of the underworld)