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Possibly ultimately borrowed from Turkic language, compare Old Turkic𐱃𐰢(tam, “wall”); under the discredited Altaic hypothesis, these are considered cognates instead.
otherwise it might have be borrowed into Turkic from Korean since steppe people were rather nomadic. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Generally, 담(dam) is a wall not connected to a roof or floor and standing alone (e.g. around private property), and 벽(壁)(byeok) is a wall connected to a roof or otherwise part of a larger complex (e.g. walls of a house).
Derived terms
담쌓다(damssata, “to sever the companionship, break (with a person)”)