오래간

Korean

Etymology

From 오래 (orae, “a long time”) +‎ -간(間) (-gan, “for”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞ɾɛɡa̠n] ~ [o̞ɾe̞ɡa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [오래간/오레간]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oraegan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?olaegan
McCune–Reischauer?oraegan
Yale Romanization?olaykan

Adverb

오래간 • (oraegan)

  1. for a long time

Derived terms

  • 오래간만 (oraeganman, “first occurrence after a long time”)

Further reading

  • Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 1198.
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