음란

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 淫亂.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eumnan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eumlan
McCune–Reischauer?ŭmnan
Yale Romanization?umlan

Noun

음란 (eumnan) (hanja 淫亂)

  1. obsceneness; lewdness

Derived terms

Middle Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 陰卵 (MC 'im lwanX, “testicles”).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ɨ̀mlán⫽

Noun

음란〮 (ùmlán) (hanja 陰卵)

  1. testicles; balls
    Synonym: 불앓 (pwul-alh)