Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 老人學, from 老人 (old person) + (-logy).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈno̞(ː)inɦa̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?noinhak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?noinhag
McCune–Reischauer?noinhak
Yale Romanization?nōin.hak

Noun

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노인학 (noinhak) (hanja 老人學)

  1. gerontology