놈

놈 U+B188, 놈 HANGUL SYLLABLE NOM Composition: ㄴ + ㅗ + ㅁ ← 놇 [U+B187] Hangul Syllables 놉 → [U+B189]

노녹녺녻논녽녾 녿놀놁놂놃놄놅 놆놇놈놉놊놋놌 농놎놏놐놑높놓
녜 ←	→ 놔

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [no̞m]
• Phonetic hangul: [놈]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nom
McCune–Reischauer?	nom
Yale Romanization?	nom

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom). The primary meaning shifted from "person" (of any gender) to a more disparaging "bastard" only used for men. From Old Korean 者音 (*NWOm).

Noun

놈 • (nom)

1. (vulgar, sometimes offensive, sometimes referring specifically to males) bastard

   Synonym: 녀석 (nyeoseok)

   Coordinate term: 년 (nyeon)

2. (endearing) kid, boy (from an older perspective)

   Synonyms: 녀석 (nyeoseok), 자식 (jasik)

Derived terms

• 잡(雜)놈 (jamnom, “dissolute fellow”)

Etymology 2

See 남 (nam).

Noun

놈 • (nom)

1. Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 남 (nam, “other person, stranger”)
   • 1979 June 13, 김치열 [gimchiyeol], “삼부자 곰잡듯 한다 [sambuja gomjapdeut handa]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 평안남도 평양시 기림리 (현 평양직할시 모란봉구역 개선동) [pyeong'annamdo pyeong'yangsi girimni (hyeon pyeong'yangjikhalsi moranbongguyeok gaeseondong)]:

     ...사우는 도망갔드래. 그러니까 사우는 놈이다.

     ...Sau-neun domanggat-deurae. Geureo-nikka sau-neun nomida.

     ...but his son-in-law had apparently run away. Therefore sons-in-law are like strangers.