부럼

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Wongakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 브ᅀᅳ름 (puzulum).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ˈpuːɾʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic Hangul[부:럼]
Revised Romanization? bureom
Revised Romanization (translit.)? buleom
McCune–Reischauer? purŏm
Yale Romanization? pūlem

Noun

부럼 • (bureom)

  1. (Korean folk custom) nuts eaten on the 15th of the first lunar month (to guard oneself against boils for a year)
  2. (Korean medicine, dialectal, including Jeolla dialect, Chungnam dialect) Alternative form of 부스럼 (buseureom, “swelling; boil”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[puɾʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic Hangul[부럼]
Revised Romanization? bureom
Revised Romanization (translit.)? buleom
McCune–Reischauer? purŏm
Yale Romanization? pulem

Noun

부럼 • (bureom)

  1. (North Korea) Short for 부러움 (bureoum, “envy”).
Derived terms
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