Etymology

형님 • (hyeongnim) (hanja 兄님) 1. honorific of 형(兄) (hyeong, “older brother of a male”) 1.1. Coordinate term: 누님 (nunim) 2. (of a male) wife's older brother (a type of brother-in-law) 3. (of a male) wife's older sister's husband (a type of co-brother-in-law) 4. (of a female) husband’s older sister (a type of sister-in-law) 5. (of … 더 보기

Pronunciation

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 형님 (Yale: hyeng-nim). The word itself is first … 더 보기