맨

맨 U+B9E8, 맨
HANGUL SYLLABLE MAEN
Composition:ㅁ + ㅐ + ㄴCategory:Character boxes with compositions
← 맧
[U+B9E7] 		Hangul SyllablesCategory:Hangul Syllables block#*0000047592 맩 →
[U+B9E9]
Category:Hangul script characters#%20
매맥맦맧맨맩맪
맫맬맭맮맯맰맱
맲맳맴맵맶맷맸
맹맺맻맼맽맾맿
마 ←→ 먀

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle KoreanCategory:Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean#맨Category:Korean terms derived from Middle Korean#맨 ᄆᆡᆫ (Yale: moyn).Category:Native Korean words#맨

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maen
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maen
McCune–Reischauer?maen
Yale Romanization?māyn
Category:Korean terms with IPA pronunciation

Determiner

맨 • (maen)Category:Korean lemmas#맨Category:Korean determiners#맨Category:Korean terms with redundant script codes#맨Category:Korean terms with redundant transliterations#맨Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#맨Category:Pages with entries#맨Category:Pages with 1 entry#맨

  1. utmost, most
Derived terms
  • 맨위 (maenwi, “very top”)
  • 맨처음 (maencheo'eum, “very first, outset”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle KoreanCategory:Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean#맨Category:Korean terms derived from Middle Korean#맨 ᄆᆡᆫ (Yale: mòyn).Category:Native Korean words#맨 Most likely a yang-vowel ablaut variant of 믠 (Yale: mùyn), whence modern 민- (min-, “bare; naked; unadorned”).[1] See there for more.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maen
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maen
McCune–Reischauer?maen
Yale Romanization?mayn
Category:Korean terms with IPA pronunciation

Adverb

맨 • (maen)Category:Korean lemmas#맨Category:Korean adverbs#맨Category:Korean terms with redundant script codes#맨Category:Korean terms with redundant transliterations#맨Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#맨Category:Pages with entries#맨Category:Pages with 1 entry#맨

  1. just, only
    우리 회사에는 맨 남자들밖에 없다.
    Uri hoesa-e-neun maen namja-deul-bakke eopda.
    There are only men in my company.
    Category:Korean terms with usage examples#맨

Prefix

맨— • (maen-)Category:Korean lemmas#맨Category:Korean prefixes#맨Category:Korean terms with redundant script codes#맨Category:Korean terms with redundant transliterations#맨Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#맨Category:Pages with entries#맨Category:Pages with 1 entry#맨

  1. bare, only, with nothing but
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 具(구)本(본)寬(관) (2007), “접두사의 통시적인 발달 과정에 대하여—'휘', '민/맨', '새/샛/시/싯'을 중심으로— [jeopdusaui tongsijeogin baldal gwajeong'e daehayeo- hwi- , min-/maen- , sae-/saet-/si-/sit- eul jungsimeuro-]”, in 남성우 [namseong'u], editor, 국어사 연구와 자료 [gugeosa yeon'guwa jaryo], pages 157—179
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