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Korean
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
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).
Noun
놈 • (nom)
- (vulgar, sometimes offensive, sometimes referring specifically to males) bastard
- Synonym: 녀석 (nyeoseok)
- Coordinate term: 년 (nyeon)
- (endearing) kid, boy (from an older perspective)
- Synonyms: 녀석 (nyeoseok), 자식 (jasik)
Derived terms
- 잡놈 (雜‒, jamnom, “dissolute fellow”)
Etymology 2
See 남 (nam).
Noun
놈 • (nom)
- Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 남 (nam, “other person, stranger”)
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)]:...사우는 도망갔드래. 그러니까 사우는 놈이다.- ...Sau-neun domanggat-deurae. Geureo-nikka sau-neun nomida.
- ...but his son-in-law had apparently run away. Therefore sons-in-law are like strangers.