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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 시름〮 (Yale: sìlúm). Perhaps related to 서럽다 (seoreopda). From Old Korean 憂音 (*SILUm).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | sireum |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sileum |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sirŭm |
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| Yale Romanization? | silum |
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Noun
시름 • (sireum)
- sorrow; grief; anxiety; a persistent melancholic feeling
c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) :술은언ᄌᆡ나고시름은언ᄌᆡ난지 / 술나고시름난지시름난後술이난지 / 아마도술이난後에시름난가ᄒᆞ노라- sur-eun eonjae nago sireum-eun eonjae nanji / sul nago sireum nanji sireum nan hu sur-inanji / amado sur-i nan hu-e sireum nan'ga hanora
- I wonder: when came the liquor, and when came the sorrow? / Did the sorrow come after the liquor? Did the liquor come after the sorrow? / Probably, it is after the liquor that the sorrow came.
2020, 김연수 , 일곱 해의 마지막 , →ISBN:높은 시름이 있고 높은 슬픔이 있는 외로운 사람을 위한 마음- nopeun sireum-i itgo nopeun seulpeum-i itneun oeroun saram-eul wihan maeum
- a heart for the lonely person with towering grief and towering sadness