헌사

Early Modern Korean

Noun

헌사 (hensa)

  1. Alternative spelling of 헌ᄉᆞ (henso, “chattle, prattle, rumor”).

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 獻詞 (“dedication; dedicatory message”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɘ(ː)nsʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [헌(ː)사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heonsa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heonsa
McCune–Reischauer?hŏnsa
Yale Romanization?hēnsa

Noun

헌사 • (heonsa) (hanja 獻詞/獻辭)

  1. dedication (e.g. in a book); dedicatory message
    어머니께 바치는 헌사 ― eomeoni-kke bachineun heonsa ― dedication to my mother

Derived terms
  • 헌사(獻詞)하다 (heonsahada)
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