"놈" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [no̞m] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: nom [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom). The primary meaning shifted from person (of any gender) to a more disparaging bastard only used for men. From Old Korean 者音 (*NWOm). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|ss|놈|nwom}} First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom)., {{inh|ko|oko|者音|tr=*NWOm}} Old Korean 者音 (*NWOm) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 놈 • (nom)
  1. (vulgar, sometimes offensive, sometimes referring specifically to males) bastard Tags: offensive, sometimes, vulgar Synonyms: 녀석
    Sense id: en-놈-ko-noun-5RKgVYNE
  2. (endearing) kid, boy (from an older perspective) Tags: endearing Synonyms: 녀석, 자식
    Sense id: en-놈-ko-noun-cfx~JPkU Categories (other): Native Korean words Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 잡놈 (jamnom) (alt: 雜‒) (english: dissolute fellow)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [no̞m] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: nom [romanization]
Etymology: See 남 (nam). Etymology templates: {{m|ko|남}} 남 (nam) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 놈 • (nom)
  1. Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 남 (nam, “other person, stranger”) Categories (topical): Male people, People
    Sense id: en-놈-ko-noun-OwHMsTBD Disambiguation of Male people: 3 33 65 Disambiguation of People: 0 42 58 Categories (other): Gangwon Korean, Gyeongsang Korean, Hamgyong Korean, Hwanghae Korean, Jeolla Korean, Pyongan Korean, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 92 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 3 8 89 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 3 7 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 놈 meaning in Korean (4.6kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "雜‒",
      "english": "dissolute fellow",
      "roman": "jamnom",
      "word": "잡놈"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "oko",
        "3": "者音",
        "tr": "*NWOm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Korean 者音 (*NWOm)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom). The primary meaning shifted from person (of any gender) to a more disparaging bastard only used for men.\nFrom Old Korean 者音 (*NWOm).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "놈 • (nom)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 년 (nyeon)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bastard"
      ],
      "id": "en-놈-ko-noun-5RKgVYNE",
      "links": [
        [
          "bastard",
          "bastard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, sometimes offensive, sometimes referring specifically to males) bastard"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "referring specifically to males"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "녀석"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "offensive",
        "sometimes",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Native Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kid, boy (from an older perspective)"
      ],
      "id": "en-놈-ko-noun-cfx~JPkU",
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "kid",
          "kid"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(endearing) kid, boy (from an older perspective)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "녀석"
        },
        {
          "word": "자식"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[no̞m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[놈]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "놈"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "남"
      },
      "expansion": "남 (nam)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See 남 (nam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "놈 • (nom)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gangwon Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gyeongsang Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hamgyong Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hwanghae Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jeolla Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pyongan Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 8 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 33 65",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "ko:Male people",
          "parents": [
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 42 58",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ko:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...but his son-in-law had apparently run away. Therefore sons-in-law are like strangers.",
          "ref": "1979 June 13, 김치열 [gimchiyeol], “삼부자 곰잡듯 한다 [sambuja gomjapdeut handa]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 평안남도 평양시 기림리 (현 평양직할시 모란봉구역 개선동) [pyeong'annamdo pyeong'yangsi girimni (hyeon pyeong'yangjikhalsi moranbongguyeok gaeseondong)]",
          "roman": "...Sau-neun domanggat-deurae. Geureo-nikka sau-neun nomida.",
          "text": "...사우는 도망갔드래. 그러니까 사우는 놈이다.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 남 (nam, “other person, stranger”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-놈-ko-noun-OwHMsTBD",
      "links": [
        [
          "남",
          "남#Korean"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[no̞m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[놈]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "놈"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms derived from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms derived from Old Korean",
    "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms inherited from Old Korean",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Native Korean words",
    "ko:Male people",
    "ko:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "雜‒",
      "english": "dissolute fellow",
      "roman": "jamnom",
      "word": "잡놈"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ss",
        "2": "놈",
        "3": "nwom"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "oko",
        "3": "者音",
        "tr": "*NWOm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Korean 者音 (*NWOm)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom). The primary meaning shifted from person (of any gender) to a more disparaging bastard only used for men.\nFrom Old Korean 者音 (*NWOm).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "놈 • (nom)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean offensive terms",
        "Korean vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 년 (nyeon)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bastard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bastard",
          "bastard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, sometimes offensive, sometimes referring specifically to males) bastard"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "referring specifically to males"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "녀석"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "offensive",
        "sometimes",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean endearing terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kid, boy (from an older perspective)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "kid",
          "kid"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(endearing) kid, boy (from an older perspective)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "녀석"
        },
        {
          "word": "자식"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[no̞m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[놈]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "놈"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "ko:Male people",
    "ko:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "남"
      },
      "expansion": "남 (nam)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See 남 (nam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "놈 • (nom)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Gangwon Korean",
        "Gyeongsang Korean",
        "Hamgyong Korean",
        "Hwanghae Korean",
        "Jeolla Korean",
        "Korean terms with quotations",
        "Pyongan Korean"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...but his son-in-law had apparently run away. Therefore sons-in-law are like strangers.",
          "ref": "1979 June 13, 김치열 [gimchiyeol], “삼부자 곰잡듯 한다 [sambuja gomjapdeut handa]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 평안남도 평양시 기림리 (현 평양직할시 모란봉구역 개선동) [pyeong'annamdo pyeong'yangsi girimni (hyeon pyeong'yangjikhalsi moranbongguyeok gaeseondong)]",
          "roman": "...Sau-neun domanggat-deurae. Geureo-nikka sau-neun nomida.",
          "text": "...사우는 도망갔드래. 그러니까 사우는 놈이다.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 남 (nam, “other person, stranger”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "남",
          "남#Korean"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[no̞m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[놈]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "놈"
}

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