"옛날" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ˈje̞(ː)nna̠ɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: yennal [romanization]
Etymology: From 옛 (yet, “old”) + 날 (nal, “days”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ko|옛|날|t1=old|t2=days}} 옛 (yet, “old”) + 날 (nal, “days”) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 옛날 • (yennal)
  1. (in) the past
    Sense id: en-옛날-ko-noun-NVLmVre- Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Past Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Past: 71 29
  2. long ago; once upon a time
    Sense id: en-옛날-ko-noun-ubhV-GFV Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 36 64 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 옛날 옛날 (yennal yennal)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yennal yennal",
      "word": "옛날 옛날"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "옛",
        "3": "날",
        "t1": "old",
        "t2": "days"
      },
      "expansion": "옛 (yet, “old”) + 날 (nal, “days”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 옛 (yet, “old”) + 날 (nal, “days”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yennal",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "옛날 • (yennal)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Past",
          "orig": "ko:Past",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the past"
      ],
      "id": "en-옛날-ko-noun-NVLmVre-",
      "links": [
        [
          "past",
          "past"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "in",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in) the past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long ago; once upon a time"
      ],
      "id": "en-옛날-ko-noun-ubhV-GFV",
      "links": [
        [
          "long ago",
          "long ago"
        ],
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈje̞(ː)nna̠ɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "옌(ː)날"
    },
    {
      "other": "[옌(ː)날]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "옛날"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean compound terms",
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ko:Past"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yennal yennal",
      "word": "옛날 옛날"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "옛",
        "3": "날",
        "t1": "old",
        "t2": "days"
      },
      "expansion": "옛 (yet, “old”) + 날 (nal, “days”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 옛 (yet, “old”) + 날 (nal, “days”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yennal",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "옛날 • (yennal)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the past"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "past",
          "past"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "in",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in) the past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "long ago; once upon a time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long ago",
          "long ago"
        ],
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈje̞(ː)nna̠ɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "옌(ː)날"
    },
    {
      "other": "[옌(ː)날]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "옛날"
}

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