간질

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 癎 (“epilepsy”) + 疾 (“disease”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)ɲd͡ʑiɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [간(ː)질]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ganjil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ganjil
McCune–Reischauer?kanjil
Yale Romanization?kān.cil

Noun

간질 • (ganjil) (hanja 癎疾)

  1. epilepsy

Synonyms

  • 간질병 (ganjilbyeong)
  • 뇌전증 (noejeonjeung)
  • 지랄병 (jiralbyeong) (dated)
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