거란

Korean

Etymology

First attested as Middle Korean 그란 (kulan), 거란 (kelan). A pre-Sino-Korean loan from Middle Chinese 契丹 (kʰɨt̚ tɑn), with typical Middle Korean lenition of intervocalic /t/ to /ɾ/.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʌ̹ɾa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [거란]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Georan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Geolan
McCune–Reischauer?	Kŏran
Yale Romanization?	kelan

Proper noun

거란 • (Georan) (hanja 契丹)

1. Khitan (people)

Derived terms

• 거란 대자(契丹大字) (georan daeja)
• 거란 소자(契丹小字) (georan soja)