맨

맨 U+B9E8, 맨
HANGUL SYLLABLE MAEN
Composition:ㅁ + ㅐ + ㄴ
← 맧
[U+B9E7] 		Hangul Syllables 맩 →
[U+B9E9]
매맥맦맧맨맩맪
맫맬맭맮맯맰맱
맲맳맴맵맶맷맸
맹맺맻맼맽맾맿
마 ←→ 먀

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle Korean ᄆᆡᆫ (Yale: moyn).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mɛ(ː)n] ~ [me̞(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [맨(ː)/멘(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maen
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maen
McCune–Reischauer?maen
Yale Romanization?māyn

Determiner

맨 • (maen)

  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 Korean ᄆᆡᆫ (Yale: mòyn). 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

Adverb

맨 • (maen)

  1. just, only
    우리 회사에는 맨 남자들밖에 없다.
    Uri hoesa-e-neun maen namja-deul-bakke eopda.
    There are only men in my company.

Prefix

맨— • (maen-)

  1. bare, only, with nothing but
Derived terms
  • 맨발 (maenbal, “bare feet”)
  • 맨손 (maenson, “bare hands”)
  • 맨눈 (maennun, “naked eye”)
  • 맨땅 (maenttang, “bare ground”)

References
  1. 具(구)本(본)寬(관) (2007), “접두사의 통시적인 발달 과정에 대하여—'휘', '민/맨', '새/샛/시/싯'을 중심으로—”, in 남성우, editor, 국어사 연구와 자료, pages 157—179
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