마파람

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Korean

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Etymology

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Equivalent to (ma, south) +‎ 바람 (baram, wind). The aspiration in the second syllable suggests that in Middle Korean, the first component had a final /h/ as in *맣 (*mah).

Thus possibly from 맣〮 (máh, monsoon) +‎ ᄇᆞᄅᆞᆷ (pòlòm, wind) as in the wind that brings the monsoon, although this usage is not attested in the Middle Korean corpus.

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maparam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mapalam
McCune–Reischauer?map'aram
Yale Romanization?ma.phalam

Noun

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마파람 (maparam)

  1. (obsolete or sailors' jargon) south wind
    Synonym: (general) 남풍(南風) (nampung)