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Korean
Etymology
돌— (dol-, “to wander”) + 팔— (pal-, “to sell”) + 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).
The original sense is possibly archaic, and a folk etymology now claims that the first element is 돌 (dol, “stone”), with the idea that a charlatan is someone who sells stones pretending that they are something else.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | dolpari |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | dolpal'i |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tolp'ari |
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| Yale Romanization? | tōl.phal.i |
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Noun
돌팔이 • (dolpari)
- (dated, possibly archaic) a wandering salesman
- a charlatan
- (military slang) a medical student drafted as an army physician, who is inexperienced and generally lacks medical expertise