ᄇᆞᄅᆞᆷ

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌlʌm/, [pʌɾʌm]

Etymology 1

Possibly an ancient borrowing from Old Chinese 風 (OC *plum, *plums, “wind”), but also plausibly an ㅁ (-m) nominalization of unattested verb *ᄇᆞᆯ다 (*pol-ta), which would be the regular yang-vowel ablaut pair of 블다 (pul-ta, “to blow (of wind)”).

Noun

ᄇᆞᄅᆞᆷ (pòlòm)

1. wind, air, draft

Descendants

• Korean: 바람 (baram)

Etymology 2

Noun

ᄇᆞᄅᆞᆷ (pòlòm)

1. wall, enclosure, surrounding