마님

Korean

Etymology

Contraction of 마마 (mama) and honorific particle 님 (nim) mainly used in colluqial or dialecital speech by servants of rich families in countryside; the full form was used when speaking to people in government positions.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)nim]
  • Phonetic hangul: [마(ː)님]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?manim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?manim
McCune–Reischauer?manim
Yale Romanization?mānim

Noun

마님 • (manim)

  1. (archaic) Master , Madame
    Synonym: 마마님 (mamanim)
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