어스름

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Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Korean 어ᅀᅳ름 (èzùlùm) and Korean 어스름 (eoseureum), likely from a substantive of an unattested adjective, as exemplified in dialectal 어슬먹 (eoseulmeok).

어스름

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eoseureum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eoseuleum
Yale Romanization?esulum

Noun

어스름 (eoseureum)

  1. dusk, twilight, dimness

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 어ᅀᅳ름 (Yale: èzùlùm).

Also attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 어ᅀᆞ름 (Yale: èzòlùm).

Probably a substantive form of an unattested adjective. Related to Korean 어슬하다 (eoseulhada), 어스레하다 (eoseurehada) and Jeju 어스름 (eoseureum), 어스럼 (eoseureom).

어스름

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eoseureum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eoseuleum
McCune–Reischauer?ŏsŭrŭm
Yale Romanization?esulum

Noun

어스름 (eoseureum)

  1. dusk, dimness

Derived terms

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